My statement was about the entire left wing, progressive "global warming" (yeah, now they call it climate change but global warming is what they mean) crowd and I did not imply that Howard was a liar. He is woefully ill informed which is a bit of a surprise as this subject has been discussed on this board over and over again. Being ill informed is a nicer way of saying ignorant. But he is not alone. If you get your news and views from the main stream media, you WILL be misinformed on just about everything.
The 97% consensus is just a small part of a much bigger issue. The goal of the global warming crowd is to completely shut down the use of fossil fuels and go to what they call green or renewable energy, i.e. windmills and solar panels. One of the goals of many of those pushing these policies is population reduction.
Our modern and prosperous society here in the west is a direct result of fossil fuel (especially coal fired) generated electricity. Modern technology can clean up the pollutants and poisonous particulates expelled by the burning of coal. Today, it's a no-brainer. CO2 is not a pollutant and plant life on earth would be doing much better and we would have a greener earth if the CO2 levels were much higher. Forcibly going to solar and wind would deny cheap, affordable electricity to the poorest countries in Africa, Asia and South America which can help lift them out of poverty. The global warming crowd would deny this life saving energy to these people.
Obama's science czar, John Holdren has been a long time proponent of the global warming scam as well as a proponent of forced abortions and mass sterilization to reduce the population. This is truly an evil man. He would have felt right at home in Nazi Germany.
http://zombietime.com/john_holdren/http://www.cfact.org/2014/05/31/john-holdren-in-his-own-radical-words/