Climate Skeptics Renaissance?, page-7

First 7 Last

Share
Profile

Follow
tinnitus

24,185 Posts.

30

03/01/17

18:09

Post #: 21658676
Share

Originally posted by Meteor ↑

http://www.breitbart.com/big-govern...keptics-welcome-open-debate-trump-presidency/

Interesting article.

It seems that some leading scientists have been tight-lipped for fear of losing funding and adverse career impacts.

Under Trump they might have found their voice so should add to the climate "science"debate. Pity they have been silenced for so long – we may have lost hundreds of billions as a result (eg have a look at lefty Guvnuts in Oz building white elephants ie desal plants)!!

An excerpt from the article:

After years of imposed “scientific consensus” on global warming, a number of skeptical climate scientists are hopeful that their views may finally get a hearing under the new administration.

Georgia Tech scientist Judith Curry, for instance, labelled a “climate heretic” by Scientific American for her contrarian views, sees a light at the end of the long Obama tunnel.

“Here’s to hoping Trump will herald the demise of climate change dogma, and acceptance of a broader range of perspectives in climate science and our policy options,” she wrote last month on her popular Climate Etc.

Part of the problem is that no one really knows how many climate change skeptics there are among scientists because of the high personal and professional cost of heterodoxy.

Dilbert creator Scott Adams has compared climate change skeptics within the scientific community to “Shy Trump Supporters” who are too afraid to say what they really think for fear of being ridiculed or worse. As we can plainly see, he wrote, “the cost of disagreeing with climate science is unreasonably high if you are a scientist.”

William Happer, professor emeritus of physics at Princeton University and a member of the National Academy of Sciences, played his cards close to the vest for years in order survive in a hostile scientific climate.

“I held my tongue for a long time because friends told me I would not be elected to the National Academy of Sciences if I didn’t toe the alarmists’ company line,” he said.

Expand

and her she comes , shilling for big oil money !!
5 Upvote

Reply

Top Stories

Listen: HotCopper Wire Podcast 017 – RBA holds the toppings

LIS

'Opens doors': Li-S Energy the first Oz company to produce lithium metal foils

Week 28 Wrap: Tariff chaos back for some reason; CBA holds strong

AII

Inside the depths of Panasqueira: A legacy carved in rock

CWX

Carawine faces Fraser Range JV collapse as IGO moves to scrap partnership

VMM

'Big tick': Viridis positions for global leadership with Colossus pre-feasibility study

Trump just dropped a 200% tariff bomb. Here's how to cash in

AAU

Antilles brings Chinese ally on board to keep Neuva Sabana work chugging on

ILU

Rare earths stocks surge as Pentagon buys big stake in US REE miner

HotCopper Highlights: RIP to Botanix (for now); Droneshield new ATH; Trigg mystery halt