The "bought off fake scientists" are the ones working for the fossil fuel companies which have the most to lose. The Heritage Foundation is funded by the Koch Brothers, whose wealth is based on fossil fuels, so that's why The Heritage Foundation is into the business of climate change denial.
Scratch a a scientist who denies climate change and you'll find a scientist who is funded by the fossil fuel industry.
No one denies climate change. That it is changing is obvious.
The jury is out on the cause.
Sorry, but over the short run, it's not that obvious.
Patterns have obviously changed. I've lived in the same region for 60 years, and the patterns here are enormously different now than when I first moved here, becoming obvious in the late 90s. Our seasons are not so well defined.
It's not obvious that patterns have changed since some of the stretch over hundreds or even thousands of years. 60 years is the blink of an eye in terms of the climate.
Denial is not just a river in Egypt. The ONLY scientists denying man-made climate change are those working for and funded by the fossil fuel industry. It's not enough to look at studies denying climate science, but you need to look behind the science and see who paid for it.
I suppose you still think that cigarettes don't cause cancer and heart problems. Even as doctors and people in the health care industry released study after study which showed how harmful cigarettes are to our health, the tobacco companies were funding studies which said that smoking was "good for you". And fools like you continued to smoke.
Where profits are involved, and entrenched interests, you will have scientists willing to sell out for funds for research.