Just one cold winter in the northern hemisphere is hardly going to
affect the scientific consensus that man made global warming is
occurring. The earth is a dynamic and complex system, and regional
cooling is expected as part of normal background fluctuations in the
earth's temperature.

The important thing to consider is the fact that the trend over the
last forty years is a continuing increase in global temperature, which
is not normal in that it cannot be explained by other natural drivers
of climate change.

I would also like to point out that the so called 'global warming
alarmists' referred to in the article above represent the majority
view of scientists and governments around the world. That includes the
supporters of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC);
the Scientific Academies of Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, the
Caribbean, China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy,
Malaysia, New Zealand, Sweden and the UK stating that "We recognize
the IPCC as the world's most reliable source of information on climate
change and its causes, and we endorse its method of achieving
consensus." The United States National Academy of Sciences has also
stated that "The IPCC's conclusion that most of the observed warming
of the last 50 years is likely to have been due to the increase in
greenhouse gas concentrations accurately reflects the current thinking
of the scientific community on this issue."

Does the fact that most world governments also accept global warming
mean that they are also 'global warming alarmists'? Incidentally, I
guess the term 'global warming realists' tends to represent those in
America with right wing views. The article above was published on a
website with a mission statement of 'combating liberal media bias'.
Hardly the most objective of agendas. Which side of the global warming
debate am I on; the majority global scientific view gained from
objectively critiquing all the evidence, or that of the right wing
American powerful, who are so because of big business, and will lose
out to the curbing of CO2 emissions? I'm with the majority scientific
consensus on this one.