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Originally Posted by matt_xyz  But John (Lincs Yellowbelly) you shouldn't think that scientists only get funding for pro-climate change research and that this therefore biases their research. Academic funding is established before the results of any research project, so I firmly believe such biases do not arise.
Matt |
I didn't mean it like that in particular
It is in the interests of the scientist who are carrying out the research to come up with a statistic that is very shocking IMO, then they will get more money to research there claims. If they came out and said "everything is fine" how much press coverage and how much more research money would they get, that is the same for both sides
My feelings on the subject haven't changed a great deal by the program, i still believe that we aren't having such a great impact on the planet as has been reported. Thoughout the history of the world there have been spells of warming and spells of cooling, and i can't really see any see that this is any different
Don't get me wrong, i'd love to see cleaner factory emisions and clean fuels
but don't particularly support the whole idea that it is those which are contributing to global warming in a huge way.