Mono, I'll stack up on my side of this discussion all of the actual climate scientists vs your Dr. Judith Curry....which side do you think wins that comparison?
Cook does an excellent job of presenting the topics in ways that people can understand - show me 1 single piece of evidence to call his site a bullshit site?
You link to "Wattsupwiththat", a site, that at best, could be called the Rush Limbaugh of Climate Change discussions, but you are going to pick on John Cook? That's an interesting irony.
From the wiki on Anthony Watts, your superhero of Climate Science:
"Willard Anthony Watts (Anthony Watts) is a blogger, weathercaster and non-scientist, paid AGW denier who runs the website wattsupwiththat.com. He does not have a university qualification and has no climate credentials other than being a radio weather announcer. His website is parodied and debunked at the website wottsupwiththat.com Watts is on the payroll of the Heartland Institute, which itself is funded by polluting industries.[1]"
Ok, so that leaves you with Dr. Judith Curry - an admittedly very accomplished scientist...but I urge you to read this article she wrote in 2007:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dy.../10/10/AR2007101002157.html?hpid=opinionsbox1
Her stance on many of these issues has clearly done a 180 flip - perhaps coinciding with funding from a big energy company?
She has even gone off the deep end and recommended people read wattsupwiththat, which again, is total and complete garbage.
So pick on John Cook all you want...if we equate this to a game of war....we are both holding 20 cards...I've got all face cards and aces in my hand...you have 2's, 3's, 4's, and 5's.
