Scientists: climate knowledge inadequate

I fear for our nation. Nearly half of our people receive a government subsidy. We have debased our currency to the point that loyal citizens no longer trust it. – Roman Senator

	Scientists: climate knowledge inadequate
	By Anthony Coralluzzo
		Submitted: Mon, 27/09/2010 - 3:34pm Authored: Mon, 27/09/2010 - 3:34pm

As Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard unveils her new Climate Propaganda Committee, a survey of 379 climate scientists released today reveals the following:

Only 12% agree or strongly agree that data availability for climate change analysis is adequate. More than 21% disagree or strongly disagree.
Only 25% agree or strongly agree that “Data collection efforts are currently adequate,” while 16% disagree or strongly disagree.
Only 17.75% agree or strongly agree with the statement, “The state of theoretical understanding of climate change phenomena is adequate.”
Only 32% agreed or strongly agreed that the current state of scientific knowledge is developed well enough to allow for a reasonable assessment of the effects of greenhouse gases emitted from anthropogenic sources (pg. 32).

Writer Thomas Fuller notes that:

"[T]here is considerable uncertainty regarding the building blocks of climate science. The scientists know this. The politicians, propagandists and the converted acolytes haven’t gotten the message. If this survey does not educate them, nothing will."

Note: Typically in a commercial survey, analysts group the top two responses and report on the percentages of respondents that ticked box 6 or 7 on this scale, so this is where the numbers derive from.