uhm?
"it was among scientists". I don't understand.
The greatests scientific breakthroughs are the ones that go against what most scientists believe.
Up until Einstein's theory of relativity, scientists believed everything followed Newtonian laws of motion. Should Einstein have said "oh well, most people believe in Newton, i'd better pack this in"? Up until the 60s, most scientists believed that Einstein's laws applied to fundemental particles, when the field of quantum physics arose. Up until a few weeks ago, most scientists believed that nothing could escape from a black hole, then Hawking conceeded that some radiation does leak out. Science is all about challening and redefining our view of the world.
Many scientists believe global warming isn't an issue? They could be wrong.
I'm not one to throw around allegations of corruption or anything, but an awful lot of 'scientists' work in businesses related to industry that would be severely damaged by any plans to become more environmentally friendly.
Also, the 1993 gallup poll seems to have nothing to do with global warming. It seems to have something to do with cloning, and organ doners, and some other things. And it seems to be only limited to scientists within America, which swings things quite a bit.
And anyway...
17,000 scientists have signed a statement saying that global warming is not happening
19,000 scientists have signed a petition saying that global warming is a problem.
But all of this is really quite irrelevant. What "most scientists" think is no indication of the truth. Don't rely on 'scientists' as some unquestionable source of truth, look at the evidence yourself and read up on chemistry.
Also, I found a section that states what I've been saying with some nice numbers.
[This message has been edited by Mort-Hog (edited August 19, 2004).]