This the clearest (and not too long- and no math books were killed) explanation I have seen on the totally bogus claim that 97% of scientists agree on man-caused global warming. The article originally appeared in The Australian Ian Plimer is is an Australian geologist, professor emeritus of earth sciences at the University of Melbourne. ------------------------------------------ Climate debate: 97pc of scientists agree on nothing IAN PLIMER It is often claimed that 97 per cent of scientists conclude that humans are causing global warming. Is that really true? No. It is a zombie statistic. In the scientific circles I mix in, there is an overwhelming scepticism about human-induced climate change. Many of my colleagues claim that the mantra of human-induced global warming is the biggest scientific fraud of all time and future generations will pay dearly. If 97 per cent of scientists agree that there is human-induced climate change, you’d think they would be...