In a message dated 2/23/2004 11:54:12 AM Central Standard Time >, or the forthcoming ice age, or global warming... >grants, endowments, and tenure mean they're going to find whatever >they're paid to find, and now that's global warming. >
no, quite the contrary. Scientists in industry may be paid to justify a preconceived notion, which affects the corporate bottom line but not the majority of the scientific world doesn't work that way. . In fact, about the only ones who deny the risks of global climate change are the business types. **** I spent most my life as a "scientist", in government service or on government research contracts. Scientists in industry have various pressures to be honest --- they want the company to succeed --- but those who work for the government are totally politicized. Whatever will increase their budget and power is what they will say. They are highly motivated to convince congress and others that there is a terrible problem that they, the scientists, can fix for only a few $ Billion. Then they make a career out of the problem, being careful not to find a solution in less than 20 years. If the "scientists" really explain global warming --- as opposed to the Chicken Little stance --- the money for all those measurement programs, new satellites, etc. will dry up! What's a climatologist to do, if the government doesn't pay him to save the world? In all my Air Force career, I cannot recall an Air Force laboratory program that actually found it's way into a new airplane, unless it was "stolen" by a defense contractor. Aeronautical Systems Division would not accept lab. reports as credible. Many of the lab "research" programs were fictional money sinks. For example, they wanted vast sums to build a lab and buy materials to make prototype fiber optic systems, but there was no money in the budget for fiber optic connectors, because they had no intention of actually making anything. I worked on anti-missile lasers back in the 1970's and 1980's. Have you seen a laser anti-ICBM system yet? You won't, as long as my children and grandchildren can get appropriations to research the problem. The DOE has spent hundreds of millions on "advanced" battery research (unsuccessful), to the exclusion of more practical energy storage. They know that if they actually build a better battery, the money will dry up! Remember the three most unbelievable statements: 1. The check is in the mail. 2. Of course I'll respect you in the morning. 3. I'm from the government, and I'm here to help you. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/ Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/biofuel/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
