A USA Today blog post shows there is a bottomless well of taxpayer dollars — everywhere — available for global warming related research. If you are a scientist and can write a grant proposal that shows a potential climate impact for what you plan to study, it’s hard to believe you won’t get funded. Examples from the newspaper:
New Canadian research suggests climate change may be causing flowers to open before bees wake up from hibernation, so that the bees don’t get early nectar and the flowers aren’t pollinated. The findings could apply to a wide range of flowering plants such as tomatoes and strawberries.
And:
In Stockholm, Sweden, a different report this week reveals how food security worldwide could be threated by erratic rainfall related to climate change. Experts meeting there for the World Water Week conference cite drought in Russia and floods in Pakistan as examples of unpredictable rainfall.
We’ve gone from global warming to climate change to national security to food security. As long as the money flows, the scientists will cling to their alleged consensus, even if they have to keep changing the terms.
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Booger| 9.8.10 @ 7:07PM
I think I'll submit a grant proposal to study the effect on global warming caused by excessive friction between bodies of disparate gender. Of course, if my wife finds out, she'll be submitting her own grant proposal to study the effect of burning cordite on global warming.
Lullabys, Legends and Lies| 9.8.10 @ 7:46PM
I've got a proposal concerning global warming too. I think the increasing temperature is causing so much humidity, that it's slowing down Golf balls while in flight. I'm hoping I can prove this because I'd like to get some "free" grant money too (instead of really having to work for it), plus it would help explain why my drive just doesn't go as far as it did 10 years ago. I'm cheering on global warming as my excuse, instead of "just" getting older and weaker, that just sucks as an explanation.
Stan REdmond| 9.9.10 @ 10:06AM
I propose a study to prove glabal warming is Bush's fault.