What is the evidence that Global Warming is a conspiracy/hoax?
I've seen/heard people claim that whole idea of climate change/global warming (GW/CC) is a fabricated hoax. That's a pretty hefty claim. As the saying goes, extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.
For all the people who believe this, I ask for one thing: Post the evidence.
BUT BEFORE YOU POST, READ THE RULES:
-Post something from an actual expert or climate scientist. No pundits, columnists, or scientist who works in a completely different field. This should go without saying. We don't ask biologists about string theory, so why ask Glenn Beck what he thinks about global warming?
-No petitions, just proof. I don't care if a bunch of scientists signed a petition saying "we don't think global warming is real." A bunch of people signed a petition demanding that the upcoming Final Fantasy game be a PS3 exclusive. Who cares? The scientist who support GW use peer-reviewed papers and a compile data. They don't go "oh yeah?! Look at all these signatures!"
-Don't just nitpick GW/CC data. Can scientists be wrong about things? Yes. Scientists admitted they were wrong about the Himalayan glaciers melting by 2035. Early AIDS research may have had bad motives and politics, but that doesn't make AIDS any less real. Anyone can go "the JFK assassination was a conspiracy, just look at all the inaccuracies in the testimonies," but they don't hold themselves to the same standard.
We're not doing that. You can't win an argument just by pointing out incorrect data on the opposing side. You need to present your case. Just because they were wrong about the glaciers doesn't suddenly make all the GW/CC research false.
-Sources and explanations. Obvious, really. Cite a source, explain how it is sufficient evidence of a conspiracy to mislead the public. Also, if you make some claim and then go "you want a source? The evidence is EVERYWHERE," then your post will be ignored. "Look around you, man!" is not something you cite in a paper. If it's so easy to find/support, then it should be pretty easy to find a good link and post it. I'm not asking for much.
-No "Climategate." The theory that this was evidence of a conspiracy was debunked long ago. Nothing more than a bunch of out-of-context quotes that got GW skeptics on the internet into a frenzy. It literally had no evidence that the scientific data was faked. It was just another meaningless "scandal" that got "gate" tacked on the end of it to make it seem more important than it was.
http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory?id=9319400
-No anecdotes. "Oh, a climate scientist told me this" is not evidence. You can tell us someone said something, but you have no way to prove that they actually said it.
I'm not asking for a debate on GW/CC, so don't go posting "it's a natural cycle!" or "the hockey stick is broken!" This is not the thread for that. I'm asking if there's any evidence of a cover-up of scientific data.

I see that no one has posted anything here. Hmmm. Looks like Hammer wins by default.
I wouldn't call it "winning." See, I think you're seeing nobody post here and reaching the conclusion that this is due to the skeptics being unable to meet my requirements for posting.
I think the more likely explanation is that because this wasn't featured where everyone could see it, few people/skeptics came. Statistically, people are going to click on stuff that's already in view and not browse around for an article like this.
Another thing: I recently had an article of mine run on Cracked.com ("5 Things The Media Loves Pretending Are News"). By an estimated guess, roughly 300,000 people read my article, and it got 327 comments. If my math is correct, that means for every 917 unique hits, one comment was made.
So taking into account that only a handful of people probably read this and that only a small percentage of people post comments to things they watch (keep in mind, this number drops significantly when it's a political debate, as opposed to a youtube video on a cute puppy or something), it's more likely that nobody who came here had anything to say, rather than me having some sort of unstoppable juggernaut argument.
That said, if you'd like to see how a moderated discussion on this subject would turn out:
http://www.cracked.com/forums/topic/60503/the-evidence-secret-worldwide-conspiracy-to-promote-global-warming
My posted argument is basically based off David Wong's opening post. When you read his arguments against a possible "conspiracy" and how all the evidence is against that, keep in mind that he was a former denier (during the Bush years) of GW. He explains how/why he changed his mind here:
http://www.cracked.com/forums/index.php?topic=30174 .msg1377014#msg1377014