tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7965215084022057128.post5093096632507413245..comments2024-03-28T14:54:34.646-05:00Comments on MSE CREATIVE CONSULTING BLOG: How Big Climate Generates SupportMike Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17435605216805307424noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7965215084022057128.post-21226604564987758132013-11-20T21:02:40.505-06:002013-11-20T21:02:40.505-06:00Mr. Smith,
To play Devil's Advocate, can'...Mr. Smith, <br /><br />To play Devil's Advocate, can't a scientist make good money questioning the IPCC theory, at least on the lecture circuit? For instance, is Dr. Willie Soon courageously putting his career at risk? How about Dr. Roy Spencer? He has gone against the tide in the scientific literature. Granted, I've read some serious criticisms of one of his papers by other scientists (Dr. Dessler), but the point is, his material wasn't suppressed right? I mean, if Dr. Spencer was just another subscriber to the consensus theory, I wouldn't know his name as a layman. My point is, isn't there an incentive the other way, at least in certain instances?<br /><br />Enjoyed reading your post on Texas Observer. It seems as if the reporter was criticizing Dr. Nielsen-Gammon for not being sensational. As I see it, that only adds to his credibility. <br /><br /> -- Michael Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09764292934304629918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7965215084022057128.post-27907470046853279482013-11-15T20:13:55.388-06:002013-11-15T20:13:55.388-06:00The manner in which the 'special interests'...The manner in which the 'special interests' took over this otherwise scientific issue is breathtaking, but it had to be done. Gore, Schneider, Hansen and a few others declared the science to be settled back in '88-ish, skeptics begged to differ, and it became abundantly obvious that AGW could not stand on its own science merits. So 'special interests' people were called in for the express purpose of manufacturing doubt about the credibility of the skeptics. My favorite of the bunch when it comes to making out like a bandit was John Passacantando, a person initially at the heart of the smear of skeptic scientists, who later exited from Greenpeace while being paid over $134 grand for doing literally nothing ( http://web.archive.org/web/20120427091206/http://www.telofski.com/blog/2011/12/09/greenpeace-exec-paid-for-zero-hours-worked/ ). If it weren't for the pro-global warming gravy train, he would have had to go out and get a real job. Now, do the math on how many more people have been contracted to write up and implement things like cap-and trade laws or other systems for mitigating or advocating solutions for man-caused global warming, and you have a good-sized chunk of the economy dumped down a dry hole.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10364598915818543463noreply@blogger.com