global warming hype is a smoke screen to occupy the minds of a generation while they take us back to a globalised version of the middle ages. Our children will not hate us for climate they will hate us for doing nothing as democracy was taken away. If you want to "save the planet" you need to ask from what it needs saving. Without democracy your ecological concerns (that I do not deride) will be IRRELEVANT. Jenn, I feel for you that you were badly and rudely treated by someone you regarded as an icon; it's always tough when the scales fall from one's eyes as the result of a bad experience. And as you use the term 'icon', I am led to assume that you have, perhaps unknowingly, allowed enviromentalism to become a part of your belief sytem. In the light of your experience with Suzuki, perhaps it's a good time for you to re-examine that faith and read the books that the posters above have suggested. Anything that purports to be based on science cannot be a matter of either faith or consensus. I wish you all the best as you seek enlightenment. TomRude says: November 25, 2010 at 7:22 pm OT: That bit on Steve McIntyre in Tim Ball's latest Free Press is a tad over the top... not his finest in my opinion. "Steve McIntyre provided valuable evidence of the corruption in climate science when he identified the misuse of data and statistics in the graph