Are scientist being paid by Liberals to say yes to people causing global warming?

Question

With the new so called report fron the U.N. it is now conformation to the liberal democrats that we are the cause of global warming. Global Warming opponents have never asked or will agree to an open debate forum. There is something underlining here, that STINKS! The same politicians, hollywood elite, and opponents of this therory dont mind flying their private planes, limo's and other gas guzzling vehicles around to tell us we need to curb our consumption.

Answer 1

You could argue that yes, scientists are absolutely being paid to go along with the theory of global warming being caused by human intervention. If they didn't passively agree with the premise, they would not receive any funding for research, and their careers would grind to a halt.

Kudos on your very observant comment about the limousine liberals who tell everyone to behave one way, but reserve their right to live in "ecological decadence". (Yeah, we're talking about you, Babs Streisand)

The funniest thing you can do is ask a Liberal which state produces the highest amount of CO2, commonly referred to as Greenhouse Gases.

They will commonly guess Michigan, since it manufactures cars, or New York, since it is heavily industrialized.

However the answer is: Alaska. Yes, the pristine state of Alaska.

Alaska has huge tracts of Tundra. Most naive tree huggers would look at a foto of that and say, "Gee, if only the whole world were like this, we'd have no global warming". Big mistake. Tundra is a vegetation that takes in oxygen and gives of CO2.

Al Gore and environmentalists who make their money through scare tactics never point this out because it would mean spraying defoliant on large parts of Alaska and Canada. Guess that's a REALLY INCONVENIENT truth.

While most scientists nowadays are starting to jump on the Global Warming bandwagon, there are some who steadfastly deny man is contributing much to global warming.

Check out my question from last year:

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AlFhh5HaQneU6pLhs7FwvUfsy6IX?qid=20060618220641AAbCslc

Answer 2

Funny you should ask this:

Scientists offered cash to dispute climate study

Ian Sample, science correspondent
Friday February 2, 2007
The Guardian


Scientists and economists have been offered $10,000 each by a lobby group funded by one of the world's largest oil companies to undermine a major climate change report due to be published today.

Letters sent by the American Enterprise Institute (AEI), an ExxonMobil-funded thinktank with close links to the Bush administration, offered the payments for articles that emphasise the shortcomings of a report from the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).

I think science should be a neutral pursuit.

Do I believe that man is a big contributor to global warming? Possible. I mean , we're just coming out of a small ice age. How much is due to that and how much is due to man? I couldn't tell you.

Do I think Global Warming is a problem. Yes. But so is over population.

Answer 3

Isn't it funny whenever neocons are proven wrong they think someone paid for information or there is some sort of conspiracy when no evidence of either exists? Talk is cheap in Washington and the 110th Congress is the only entity willing, at this point, to do something about global warming and anything else. Maybe the streets need to be on fire from global warming before some people wake up. I guess there will always be those in denial, their heads buried in the sand. Too bad, by the time they wake up their little world is all topsy turvy.

Answer 4

No, not necessarily.

But it IS true that meteorological, climatological or other similar scientists do NOT get research funding if they say there are no global warming problems. In essence, it PAYS to ride the global-warming scare.

One of the biggest issues is that the global warming models do not match observed measurements, and have some very bad assumptions that cause them to predict dire consequences.

I do agree with the puzzlement over why the allegedly "open" and "tolerant" liberals cannot abide an open scientific debate about the climate and global warming.

Answer 5

Yes sirree, them goofy libs have sure-nuff subverted scientists from 100 different countries. Nyuk, nyuk, nyuk.

I don't suppose you would mind getting into specifics about who is using what gas rather than a blanket statement would you?

Of cuss not...

Answer 6

LOL, you're funny.

So you'd only believe the report of the worlds top scientists if it agreed with your point of view?

Why do you think conservatives have the stereotype of being hopelessly biased?

Answer 7

Left wing godless scientist liberal spinsters.

Though I am for reducing greenhouse gases.

If this is true then I suppose we could fend off a coming ice age by emitting large amounts of greenhouse gas?

Answer 8

Power generation is the biggest source of greenhouse gas emissions. in the US, most of our power plants are coal burning plants. We have the technology to replace them with nuclear, wind, hydro-electric, hydrothermal, etc.. power plants. Maybe we should get started.

Answer 9

Guess Liberals are not the only conspiracy theorists!! Regardless of who drives what, STILL pollution sure as he// CAN'T be good.;

Answer 10

The preservation of our planet should not be a liberal or conservative issue.