11-23-2009, 09:25 PM
Quote:No. You don't have it straight. There is no plot, other than the individual motivations of each participant. Mr. or Ms. Scientist wants grant money, and if that means fawning all over Al Gore and his ilk, and keeping your mouth shut about any "truth" you've discovered that contradicts the current political frenzy, then so be it.This is an argument you read a lot on internet forums.
Do you really think that people wanting grant money chose to work on climate science?
There has always been much more money from industrial funding in this topic, both direct (work for a company instead of a university) as indirect (oil industry has always been a big sponsor of chemistry and physics research.
Only these last years a bigger grant wave has come up for climate related research......but that was after the human caused greenhouse effect was for 90% sure (and we are at what? 95% now).
Every high profile scientist that goes against this theory ensures himself of a well paid job at Exxon or of course as adviser for the GOP.