I post this knowing full well it’s probably not worth it, but what the hell. I haven’t seen anyone else ask them and they seemed kind of obvious.
First, if the planet and our existence is in peril according to “settled” science, and then evidence surfaces that maybe, possibly, science was wrong, isn’t that a good thing? I mean, can’t we all take a deep breath and thank our lucky stars that, in fact, it looks like the global warming apocalypse might not occur after all? Has anyone else looked at Climategate through that lens? Or is it just me?
Second, if you’ve spent your entire life believing in something and then evidence surfaces that you’ve been duped, shouldn’t you be mad at the dupers? I mean, you’ve put your LIFE into this stuff, and now this comes out? Isn’t the sane thing to tar-and-feather the jackasses who’ve been manipulating you all these years?
Now admittedly… that’s more than 2 questions. But the others were kind of supplemental ones…
Slightly more seriously, I know what the answer to these questions are- or at least what the likely response to them would be.. Still, it’s striking to me there haven’t been any global warming believers express any emotion other than “It just CAN’T be true. The science is on OUR side.” Along similar lines, I wonder what it would take for GW proponents to admit they’d been mislead?