(CFP) Professor Bob Carter of the Marine Geophysical Laboratory at James Cook University, in Australia gives what, for many Canadians, is a surprising assessment: "Gore's circumstantial arguments are so weak that they are pathetic. It is simply incredible that they, and his film, are commanding public attention."

But surely Carter is merely part of what most people regard as a tiny cadre of "climate change skeptics" who disagree with the "vast majority of scientists" Gore cites?

No; Carter is one of hundreds of highly qualified non-governmental, non-industry, non-lobby group climate experts who contest the hypothesis that human emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) are causing significant global climate change. "Climate experts" is the operative term here. Why? Because what Gore's "majority of scientists" think is immaterial when only a very small fraction of them actually work in the climate field.

7 Doctors, all renowned scientists, refute the hysteria surrounding Global Warming. Not the “outcasts” that the left always claim debate their attempts at fear tactics.

How long are we going to let folks like Gore keep running around ginning up false panic, a la, Chicken Little so that leftist’s factions can continue to raise funds and impose their ideals? Make no mistake about it, this is a means to an end: Control