Why do so many people believe that scientists agree that AGW will cause a global catastrophe!?

Because scientists had studied the effects of AGW'

"Why do so many people believe that scientists agree that AGW will cause a global catastrophe!?"

Probably because with the aid of things like web, which groups like scienceandpublicpolicy use to spread their BS, it is also possible to find out what groups like scienceandpublicpolicy or Heartland Institute are about and who they are funded by. Despite Jim z's protests the fact remains Bucket22 is correct Monckton is not a scientist and never was he is a journalist.

I can't speak for others but personally I have worked in science for 20 years and have seen the evidence building over that time, long before anyone even heard of Al Gore.

Because they can only see the upside of a Socialist solution and they do not recognize the very significant downside or the unprecedented level of control that they are ceding to the Ultra Left of the world. AGW is the latest version of Communist ideology. Once Communism collapsed as an ideological objective, AGW became the new and improved version which could guarantee justice and equality for the Third World. The process would leave the Third World with nothing, however the oligarchs are never far from the playing field and fortunes will be made.

Bucket attempts to impugn Moncton but only succeed in impugning himself. You will notice that if they ever have a legitimate poll, they water the question down to something like, humans have an impact and then alarmists use this meaningless and insubstantial statement and turn it into a consensus that scientists predict gloom and doom. It is a lie and a distortion and they know it but they are the party of ambulance chasers and aren't about reporting the truth. They rarely report the truth because the truth isn't on their side and many of them know it.

Monckton is not a scientist. He makes a good clown, though.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_opinion_on...

"2008-In preparation for the 34th G8 summit, the national science academies of the G8+5 nations issued a declaration reiterating the position of the 2005 joint science academies’ statement, and reaffirming “that climate change is happening and that anthropogenic warming is influencing many physical and biological systems.” Among other actions, the declaration urges all nations to “(t)ake appropriate economic and policy measures to accelerate transition to a low carbon society and to encourage and effect changes in individual and national behaviour.”

pretty much.all this is, is a power play for control and $$$$$$$$$$$$$$.it's a head game for those who dont know what is actually going on except what they want you to know.look,listen,and learn.also dont get me started about al gore.not going to go there.

Global warming is a crock, created by Gore and him and many stand to make millions off his "carbon credit" b.s. Check this out by John Coleman, meteorologist and creator of "the Weather Channel":

http://media.kusi.com/documents/Comments+on+Global...

Because lots of people believe the mainstream media, who are water carriers for all causes leftist and socialist.