we are living with the effects and solid proof of AGW in 30 years? Their names will be cursed and laughed about - a heck of a legacy.

... not only so that I can be here to help my children but, more importantly, so that
the backlash hits the people who have caused it while they are still alive.

There is little point in "cursing their memory" if the bastards lived a long & luxurious
life, protected from the direct effects of their selfish greed. It would be far better for
them to be hauled up in front of the victims so that they can see, hear & feel the
pain that they have caused.

(And if you read Bill McKIbben's 'Eaarth', you'll find he's very acid on the "we need to do small token things to help our 'grandchildren'..." position)

But, due to stranded costs in old fossil fuel infrastructure, change on the scale needed to not push the planet past the tipping point may be politically impossible now.

Science changes, not because scientists change their mind, but because the old scientists, die out.

(Or something to that effect).

Scientists are a particularly stubborn lot.

list are old Emeritus professors. Some are just contrarians, but others like the wining and dining that goes along with taking the other side.

Better sound bite, IMHO

I Googled the full quote as:

"a new scientific truth does not triumph by convincing its opponents and making them see the light, but rather because its opponents eventually die, and a new generation grows up that is familiar with it."

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