Global Warming - A Rational Look
I caught this article from a fellow blogger.
Basically a well written informational article from one of the few scientists that is willing to tell the truth. Why???
This guy is a retired scientist. He has nothing to lose career-wise. He also seems part of the old-school science that was willing to tell a different story, and follow the data, rather than mold the data.
For me, the most clear part of the article was the description of what scientists stand to lose if they speak out against the hype. Or more importantly the tactics used by one Al Gore to supress the truth so that his 'Inconvenient Truth' could create profit, both politically, and financially.
One explanation of this may be described by John Ray (M.A., Ph.D.), writing from Brisbane, Australia: “The Holy Grail for most scientists is not truth but research grants. And the global warming scare has produced a huge downpour of money for research. Any mystery why so many scientists claim some belief in global warming?”
This article is so full of worthy quotes, and not too scientific for most of my readers (yeah, shout-out to Mom and Sisters, you too Nina). This quote is key to understanding the way scientists think, and how little of this you hear on the news.
The measure of good science is neither the politics of the scientist nor the people with whom the scientist associates. It is the immersion of hypotheses into the acid of truth. That’s the hard way to do it, but it’s the only way that works.
Yeah, most great scientists were not necessarily great people, in fact a few chemists were into more chemistry than your standard reactants. The great scientists are known for their discoveries proven through rigorous science... REAL SCIENCE with data that does not require some elite group to define or interpret. A group of these scientists, that depend on grants for a paycheck, and any chance of putting there name on an equation/textbook, cannot get together and discuss the correlation between CO2 and Global Temperature without being pressured into making the Gore choice.
Anyways, I got a lot to say about this, but little time. Oddly enough, my last post on 'Inconvenient Truth' is still the most read post on this site. Most searches are for something like: 'Inconvenient Lie'. People want to know the truth, and the internet is the only place you will find it. Big media is hiding this, scientists are supressing it. I am doing my part to keep the debate open, even when the opposition seems to think the debate has already been complete, and they won.