>Actually, he doesn't "believe measurements collected >daily by NOAA or the National Snow and Ice Data Center" >because he doesn't *want* to believe them. It might >cost him money if he believed them.
It might. But only very indirectly. On the other hand, if I and a lot of other people did not believe the measurements, it would cost the climate scientists very directly indeed.
I think "follow the money" is not a game that will work in your favor.