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To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (224393)	3/15/2007 3:39:07 PM
From: Wharf Rat	Respond to of 281500

I reckon it would be easy to get a grant to show CO2 is at its lowest level in 500 years, and all the thermometers in the known universe are flawed and getting skewed by gravity from passing comets. Everybody would love to have a different problem to worry about. Or maybe write a grant to disprove Arrhenius' findings that CO2 is a greenhouse gas. Maybe it isn't. Why don't you write up a grant for us? Or, this being an IGY polar year, you could probably write one to show that the rivers in the ice fields are actually coming from the tears of the underlying rocks, rather than melting glaciers. Where political correctness and research collide is in the government; trying to muzzle our own employees... Restoring Scientific Integrity in Policymaking -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ———— On February 18, 2004, over 60 leading scientists–Nobel laureates, leading medical experts, former federal agency directors, and university chairs and presidents–signed the statement below, voicing their concern over the misuse of science by the Bush administration. UCS is seeking the signatures of thousands of additional U.S. scientists in support of this effort. ———— Message 23257313 ================= Scientists Say White House Muzzled Them By JOHN HEILPRIN Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON Two federal agencies are investigating whether the Bush administration tried to block government scientists from speaking freely about global warming and censor their research, a senator said Wednesday. Message 22970033 Alt en is proving to be lucrative, too... White House seeks to cut geothermal research funds By Bernie Woodall Tue Mar 13, 1:23 PM ET LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The Bush administration wants to eliminate federal support for geothermal power just as many U.S. states are looking to cut greenhouse gas emissions and raise renewable power output. news.yahoo.com

To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (224393)	3/15/2007 11:07:34 PM
From: Win Smith	Respond to of 281500

Funding for Global Warming in the US alone has shot up tremendously in the last few years -- see how much of it you can collect if you seriously doubt there is a crisis! Message 23373652 Just keep spewing it, Nadine. There was a lot of money spent to set things up to measure the solar constant directly, but then W got elected and it all got flushed down the toilet. A fairly small amount compared to what's being flushed down the toilet in Iraq, but still pretty substantial.