In the absence of Woodward & Bernstein: Trillions in CO2 trading, sympathy for brutal equatorial dictators, punishment of evil US middle class

"The inertia (expansion of 'climate' industry) developed over a decade of sympathetic coverage of the proponents' view of global warming insure

• that both the media and the politicians will revert to the default position of support for the mainstream view,

which will comfort them no end. It may even be more comfortable for skeptics--many of whom seem to relish the underdog, David vs. Goliath position.

• The institutional mechanisms of science are best grasped and handled by the establishment.
  

They hold the data.

• They commission the projects.

• They disburse the money.
  

• They publish the results.
  

It's a huge advantage."...

• "Global warming: how skeptics can win every battle but lose the war," 3/22/10 by Thomas Fuller, examiner.com via Tom Nelson