Initial Post, Thought I would come over and check this out...

[myboynoah]

Originally Posted by woot

That's not science's problem. I do think science should be more vocal about such things, but on the whole, it's not. Researchers don't often make for great PR people. Feel free to make fun of Al Gore at every opportunity if it makes you feel better, but don't pretend that doing so has any affect on the facts.

Then researchers are their own worst enemies if they don't care for a guy like Al Gore being the public face of a movement. I may not be that bright, but I am not so ignorant as to think that anything I say about Al Gore "has any affect on the facts." You expressed frustration that Al Gore is constantly brought up as the representative of the pro-anthropogenic global warming crowd. I'm just telling you why.