"It is not accurate to say that Man caused global warming is settled science. Nor is it accurate to say that almost all scientists in the field agree with that."
No, you are correct. But it IS absolutely accurate to say that 95+% of scientists that have actually studied the climate (climatologists) agree that the current climate changes are due to human activities over the last 200 years, and that the rate of climate change (due to human-produced carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gasses) has accelerated significantly in the last 50 years, primarily due to the pace of industrialization and its concomitant use of fossil fuels.
I also find it hard to believe that in 2015 there remain people who refuse to accept the science behind human-induced climate change. Unfortunately, there will always be a vocal minority who pick and choose those "facts" that fit their own personal beliefs, regardless of how inaccurate or misinformed those beliefs are. In my 35 years of studying, teaching about this issue at the PhD level, working with the United Nations and President Clinton's Council on Sustainable Development and writing about energy and climate (including several books), I have come to realize that no amount of rational discussion, actual facts, or scientific data will convince those who have chosen their position on this issue due to political persuasion rather than rational, open-minded and informed thought.
Additionally, if you wish to 'follow the money', then follow it directly back to the public relation coffers of the fossil fuel industry and its various organizations that have waged a decades-long war of misinformation regarding the climate issues that confront us. Without those efforts, the US would most certainly have long had in place an effective overall energy policy that would balance both climate isses and economic reality.
Finally, I also think that this forum is not really the appropriate place to have this particular discussion. Thank you.

