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No, but since you mention it newsbusters and people that control ICECAP are both on Exxons payroll. I find it curious how this seems to be your defacto sarcastic response to everything on this topic.

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LOL it's not sarcastic, just front running the inevitable slam. You didn't disappoint me. Kind of like predicting that the price of oil would rise substantially on Wednesday, November 8, 2006 and recommending people buy oil company stocks with both fists.

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Well if you hadn't brought up the oil thing I probably wouldn't have mentioned it the Exxon connections. The quality levels of American meteorologists is something of a hot topic right now even within the AMS. That is a problem on par with Exxon.

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[sarcasm]BTW I realize that green movement is pure and that no tools are being paid to promote their agenda. I also realize nobody promoting "green" will make a penny off of getting their agenda implemented.[/sarcasm]

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Conspiracy claims against politicians is one thing. There is obvious fraud going on there. Claiming monetary conspiracy against mathematicians, geologists and physicists that work in the field is a display of gross ignorance. Choose who you attack wisely.

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But hey I took your advice and purchased carbon offsets from TerraPass for a year so I'm cool,

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Glad you are making an effort. That is quite noble of you especially in light of your skepticism. My review of TerraPass was a quick once over and it seemed good especially with the countless media endorsements. I had a lawyer friend review it and he said it was a brokerage firm which is something I know nothing about. My opinion has gone to neutral.

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sort of like Al Gore is cool in offsetting his behemouth carbon footprint. Maybe not Nobel Peace Prize winning cool but still pretty good.

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Adios, my favorite line of Al Gores is "a planet has a fever". Al Gore has contributed greatly to the science (such as fighting to declassify ice sheet thickness measurements from cold war nuclear submarines) but can cause just as much trouble as he solves. I don't understand why the public is fascinated with him. Maybe it's because he's so polarizing. He obviously gets under your skin (and I'll admit mine as well). I'm curious as to why this entire topic seems to aggravate you so much. You seem to be in a full on war to debunk AGW. You are a smart man. You bought TerraPass so it would seem you know what is obvious to every major scientific institution on the planet. Why do you choose to so fervently attack AGW instead of the moronic bureaucrats that try to ram Kyoto down our throats. Ignoring a problem won't make it go away. The only thing you can do is focus your efforts on making sure the solution will be one you agree with.