Since science is largely funded by the government, would not global warming exploit scientists by forcing them to lobby for funds by ignoring facts and focusing more on forming a "concensus" so they can recieve my tax dollars? Why does Al Gore along with Democrats want to head the country in that direction rather than leave science to the scientists?
2007-12-12 06:51:55 · 5 answers · asked by james 2 in Environment ➔ Global Warming
More like politicized science.
People actually believe global warming is going to end as soon as President Bush leaves office.
2007-12-12 06:58:09 · answer #1 · answered by Dr Jello 7 · 5⤊ 4⤋
Of course not. You could make the same argument about any field of science.
Should astrophysicists and cosmologists ignore facts about the expansion of the universe and focus more on forming a "consensus" that the universe will collapse in 5 years unless we all eat a dozen donuts every day in order to lobby for funds?
2007-12-12 07:35:23 · answer #2 · answered by Dana1981 7 · 3⤊ 3⤋
You are exactly right that is why you need to listen to the other scientist who are against the consensus too. global warming is mainly "supported by liberal scientist which is the vast Marjory of them.
2007-12-12 06:58:09 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 4⤋
We tried the same in Europe only with conservative governments and still the evidence point toward AGW just as they do in Japan...
2007-12-12 07:11:29 · answer #4 · answered by NLBNLB 6 · 2⤊ 3⤋
Nobody "wants" to do anything of the sort. The science of global warming is forcing people to do things to prserve our well being.
Do you think that world leaders "want" to be spending time and money on this?
Never. But they know they HAVE to.
2007-12-12 06:57:23 · answer #5 · answered by Bob 7 · 2⤊ 7⤋