There were only 40 (unverified) climatologists:

[www.petitionproject.org]

The other 31,032 signers are NOT climatologists. To top that off, zero names identify the field of the signer for a follow up of credentials or published works. The application process is also laughable. Hell, I could top it off at 41 climatologists if I wanted to.

Now let's look further:

The site is run by:

The Oregon Institute of Science and Medicine

Arthur B. Robinson, BS Caltech, PhD UCSD

Professor of Chemistry is the only full-time employee.

[www.realclimate.org]

In its IRS Form 990 form 1999, OISM reported revenues totaling $355,224, most of in the form of contributions from unspecified sources. As president, Arthur Robinson received $16,691 in salary and benefits. OISM listed $945,427 in total assets, $735,888 of which was in the form of land, buildings and equipment. By 2005, OISM reported $1.0M in revenue and $2.8M in assets.

The Oregon Institute of Science and Medicine (OISM) describes itself as "a small research institute" that studies "biochemistry, diagnostic medicine, nutrition, preventive medicine and the molecular biology of aging." It is headed by Arthur B. Robinson, an eccentric scientist who has a long history of controversial entanglements with figures on the fringe of accepted research. OISM also markets a home-schooling kit for "parents concerned about socialism in the public schools" and publishes books on how to survive nuclear war.

Some hilarious points asserted by Robinson include:

"As coal, oil, and natural gas are used to feed and lift from poverty vast numbers of people across the globe, more CO2 will be released into the atmosphere. This will help to maintain and improve the health, longevity, prosperity, and productivity of all people.

Human activities are believed to be responsible for the rise in CO2 level of the atmosphere. Mankind is moving the carbon in coal, oil, and natural gas from below ground to the atmosphere and surface, where it is available for conversion into living things. We are living in an increasingly lush environment of plants and animals as a result of the CO2 increase. Our children will enjoy an Earth with far more plant and animal life as [sic] that with which we now are blessed. This is a wonderful and unexpected gift from the Industrial Revolution."

Enough about him...the real man behind the curtain in this "Oregon Petition" project is Frederick Seitz:

"In 1998, Seitz wrote and circulated a letter, asking scientists to sign a petition asking the Government to reject the Kyoto Protocol. Seitz signed the letter and identified himself as a former president of the National Academy of Sciences. He also directed attention to a report by Dr. Arthur Robinson, which concluded that carbon dioxide posed no threat to climate. The report was not peer-reviewed, but was formatted to look like an NAS journal article. The NAS later issued a statement disassociating itself from the petition and the article."

Another nice tidbit:

He founded the George C. Marshall Institute. The institute has, in order to resist and delay regulation, lobbied politically to create a false public perception of scientific uncertainty over the negative health effects of second-hand smoke, the carcinogenic nature of tobacco smoking, and on the evidence between CFCs and ozone depletion.

Between 1985 and 2001, the institute received $5.5m in funding from five foundations, including the Earhart Foundation, Sarah Scaife Foundation and Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation.

Guess who those guys are? BIG OIL...

In 1999, George C. Marshall Institute received grants from the Exxon Education Foundation. The institute's CEO William O'Keefe, formerly an executive at the American Petroleum Institute and chairman of the Global Climate Coalition, is a registered lobbyist for Exxon Mobil. The GMI was described in a 2007 report by the Union of Concerned Scientists as an ExxonMobil-funded "clearinghouse for global warming contrarians". ExxonMobil still currently provides funds to the Institute.

Religion. Once you can get people to believe in something without proof, you can get them to do, say or believe almost anything. Thus a very appropriate quote:

"When one person suffers from a delusion it is called insanity. When many people suffer from a delusion it is called religion."

The USA is second to last (behind Turkey) in public acceptance of the theory of evolution. Thus, why the USA has stopped evolving while other countries leave us behind to drool in a echo chamber of corrupt, greedy lies.

Are like a "Hey I'm more stupid than you!!" essay contest. All one needs to do to lose faith in the future of humanity is to read the comments in here.

"A little ignorance goes a long way!"

Once you have convinced people to believe that their whole reality is based upon colorful fiction, something which you cannot prove, something which pontificates wild inconsistencies, then you can get them to believe or do almost anything.

These people act like reactionary lemmings, running modern society over a cliff with their hypocritical, unnatural absurdities. They believe rumors and lies without evidence and remain ignorant, even when bombarded with facts. They espouse violence, fear and misinformation, fake science and anti-knowledge. Their entire brainwashed belief system is based upon a massive collection of lies.

Unfortunately, because the world is too small, those who are educated, independent thinkers suffer the results of those who are not. Humans need to move on from ridiculous, distorted folklore parading as reality. Humans need to progress past the age of fear, ignorance and anti-intellectual complacency or we will never change for the better.

It's not healthy for adults to have imaginary friends.

Hey wet_nap, stop proving to everyone that you are a douche bag. We don't like fairy tales parading as facts, now move along.

"Are you also pretending to be a 'Christian', fuckwad?"

Hahahaha! I was just messing with you. Maybe you should have read the other comments from me on this thread before assuming my "fuckwad" status. The real insult is being called a "Christian"...I'll never forgive you. :)