How does this quote fit into
How does this quote fit into this conversation?

“The Universe is under no
“The Universe is under no obligation to make sense to you.” – Neil deGrasse Tyson

Climate change has been
Climate change has been occurring long before mankind existed on planet Earth, so climate change is naturally cyclic. Mankind’s actions do affect weather patterns in some cases, but not much differently than other indigenous animals on planet Earth. Clearing a forest to plant crops does no more to regional weather patterns than does a family of beavers turning a forest into a lake which dries up and becomes a meadow. So yes; we need to be more responsible in how we affect regional weather.

As far as global climate, we are part of nature and we are subject to nature. We are not in control of nature and we’d better start focusing on working with natural changes in climate. Yes; the Earth is continuing to warm. After a few hundred year stall in global warming that ended in the Nineteenth Century, the Earth is back on track to warm up again. This means that fresh water is being released from polar ice sheets and put back into the planet’s water cycle. Yes, coastal regions are going to flood, just as they have in the past. Arid desert areas are going to be covered in vegetation and there will be more fresh water throughout the world; just as it has been in the past. There are many more benefits to global warming than there are downsides, so let’s start looking to the future with optimism instead of whining about something we have no control over.

NASA is supplemented by the
NASA is supplemented by the government

We’re not just wondering if
We’re not just wondering if global warming exists but if it is caused by man or Mother Nature. This world is very old mother nature doesn’t give a flying rat’s ass

Science is politicized
Science is politicized

I am a considerable skeptic
I am a considerable skeptic when it comes to the morality of any member of mankind when it comes to money. It was my skepticism of leaders of organized religions that caused me to doubt an intelligent creation of the Universe when I was younger. That doubt caused me to do a lot of theological study, which has brought me to the understanding that an intelligent design and creation of the Universe is the only thing that makes any logical or rational sense. I treat the issue of climate change the same and there is no logic or rationality to any claims by those who are promoting that mankind is driving the nature of the Universe. At best, man can minimally imitate nature’s abilities. We certainly cannot control the climate of the world, no matter how much money is scammed from citizens of the world.

No one is disputing that the
No one is disputing that the Earth is warming and that with fresh water being released from polar ice, that sea levels are rising. This has been occurring for thousands of years since the beginning of the decline of the last Ice Age, which the Earth is still experiencing. What climate fear mongers are doing to justify their claims is only taking data from the time of a short period of global cooling that occurred but a few hundred years ago. The Earth has been a lot warmer than it is now, and when the Earth was warmer, it was better for all life on Earth. Just because people live in parts of the world that were once under water and will again be under water does not constitute mass hysteria. The Earth’s climate is determined by the nature of the Universe and is not controlled by mere mankind. We are not gods. We need to focus on living with natural changes rather than waste trillions of dollars pretending we can control the Universe.

You’re entirely correct;
You’re entirely correct; scientists, like clergy and CEOs and engineers, are just human, and all may be corruptible. However, consider the weight of the evidence. Sea levels are rising (ask the Mayor of Miami who has spent tax monies to raise road levels), we’ve had 15 of the hottest years eve measured, more precipitation is coming down in heavy doses (think Houston), we’re seeing more floods and drought than ever before (consistent with predictions), the oceans are measuring warmer, lake ice in North America is thawing sooner (where it happens in northern states and Canada), most glaciers are shrinking, early spring snowpacks out west have declined since the 1950’s, growing seasons are longer throughout the plains, bird wintering ranges have moved north, leaf and bloom dates recorded by Thoreau in Walden have shifted in that area, insect populations that used to have one egg-larva-adult cycle in the summer now have two, the list goes on and on. I could believe that a few scientists are faking data — that certainly happens. But all of this? That the guys measuring air temperature are in cahoots with those looking at glaciers and both are conspiring with those looking at lake ice thawing and those measuring growing seasons? Really?