Top scientist: don't trust politicians on climate change

Especially politicians who got a D in the Natural Science class, *cough* Al Gore *cought*

"There are plenty of people in the political world who are quite happy to abuse the [scientists' conclusions] to serve political purposes. Politics is a shark-infested sea.

Amen to that. Times Online

Politicians were willfully ignoring and misunderstanding the science of global warming, a government adviser said today.

John Ashton, who is the Foreign and Commonwealth Office's special representative on climate change, warned scientists that they could not trust in the honesty of politicians.

Speaking at the start of the climate change conference in Copenhagen, Denmark, Mr Ashton said that the truth could be lost to political expediency or mischief and urged scientists to couch their conclusions in terms that could not be misunderstood or go unheard.