31,000 US scientists sign petition against hydrocarbon caused Global Warming

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Global warming on the other hand is a lot more like the ice age scares of the same time period. Lots of preaching and vaguely defined threats

No. Global cooling was a real event in that the average global temperature did sink a bit, but it didn't get nearly the attention that AGW is getting today.

Not that it matters. A theory can be similar to another theory without it having any bearing on its veracity.

like increased and more powerful hurricanes for example, that don't seem to pan out.

Exactly - they didn't come true. Unlike the predictions for Global Warming, which ARE coming true and can be empirically observed.
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Often accompanied by requests for increased funding...

I love how deniers somehow seem to think that the fact that there's money to be made on AGW somehow means it isn't true. Name one branch of science that doesn't have scientists interested in making money. You won't find one.