Hello all, Another note: Dr. Bryson can't be speaking on this issue from personal experience, as he's been retired for twenty years. A couple of individuals who aren't actively engaging in peer-review science aren't the best examples to cite.
.j. ************************ Jacquelyn Gill Graduate Research Assistant Jack Williams Lab University of Wisconsin - Madison Department of Geography 550 North Park St. Madison, WI 53706 608.890.1188 (phone) 608.265.9331 (fax) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Houlahan, Jeff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Friday, October 12, 2007 5:12 pm Subject: Re: [ECOLOG-L] Scientists versus activists To: ECOLOG-L@LISTSERV.UMD.EDU > Hi Paul and all. These are an odd set of statements from two tenured > and well-funded > skeptics of human-induced global warming. > > Jeff > > > Val Smith wrote: > > > > > The term windfall has built-in negative connotations > > > that could potentially be taken to imply that some of us are out > > > there waiting to "exploit" this real-world problem, and thus are > > > indulging in some kind of ecoprostitution. I take very strong issue > > > with such an assertion, if that was the intent. > > > > Here is what some climate scientists themselves have say: > > http://tinyurl.com/27eozg > > > > David Legates, Delaware state climatologist: > > "There's a lot more money to be made by saying the world > > is coming to an end than to say that this is a bunch of hooey." > > > > Reid Bryson: "If you want to be an eminent scientist, you > > have to have a lot of grad students and a lot of grants. You > > can't get grants unless you say, 'Oh global warming, yes, yes, > > carbon dioxide.'" > > > > Legates tells students who are not global-warming true believers, > > "If you don't have tenure at a major research university, keep > > your mouth shut." > > > > Paul Cherubini > > El Dorado, Calif. > > > > > > > Jeff Houlahan > Dept of Biology > University of New Brunswick Saint John > PO Box 5050 > Saint John New Brunswick > E2L 4L5 Canada > telephone (office): (506) 648-5967 > telephone (department): (506) 648 -5565 > fax: (506) 648-5811 > email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
