by Paul Driessen

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The “97% consensus” is imaginary – a fabrication. One source was a survey sent to 10,256 scientists, of whom 3,146 responded. But their number was arbitrarily reduced to 77 “expert” or “active” climate researchers, of which 75 agreed with two simplistic questions that many would support. (Has Earth warmed since 1800? Did humans play a significant role?) Voila! 97% consensus. But what about the other 3,069 respondents? 75 out of 3,146 is barely 0.02%. Purported consensus studies by Cook, Oreskes, and others were just as bogus.

Moreover, governments have been spending billions of dollars annually on climate research. The vast...



http://www.cfact.org/2017/04/16/real-science-must-guide-policy/