Source: Washington post.

For some reason, just some reason..i don't know why, but i am more bound to believe hundreds of scientists over an unsourced politically biased opinion.

By CLAYTON SANDELL

WASHINGTON, March 19, 2007 — A top government climate scientist told Congress today that political appointees without scientific backgrounds are corrupting the scientific process and confusing the public by censoring scientists and improperly editing their research on global warming.

"I believe that the nature of these edits is a good part of the reason for why there is a substantial gap between the understanding of global warming by the relevant scientific community and the knowledge of the public and policymakers," said James Hansen, director of NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies. "There has been so much doubt cast on our understanding that they think it's still completely up in the air."

Also sitting at the witness table were two former Bush administration political appointees — Phillip Cooney and George Deutsch — who have found themselves at the center of separate recent climate science controversies.

In January 2006, Hansen complained that NASA officials, including Deutsch, were insisting that his lectures, media interviews and papers be approved in advance by public affairs staff at NASA headquarters. Deutsch, a former intern for George W. Bush's re-election campaign, had no scientific training.

'Forcing Scientists to Parrot Propaganda'

"Why are public affairs offices staffed by political appointees?" asked Hansen, who said he testified today as a private citizen. "Their job should be to help scientists present results in a language that the public can understand. They should not be forcing scientists to parrot propaganda."

Deutsch testified that high-ranking NASA officials were unhappy with Hansen after seeing a report on ABC's "Good Morning America" by correspondent Bill Blakemore in December 2005. Blakemore, citing information from Hansen, reported that 2005 was tied to become the hottest year on record.

"Senior NASA officials conveyed to me that they were unaware of the release of this information being coordinated with headquarters or peer review," Deutsch said. "The same senior NASA officials were, to say the least, upset by this procedural breach."

Bleh

I take it that their argument for CO2 to be the cause of global warming is because of the graphs in the last page.

But a coincidal increase in CO2 and an increase in global temperature cannot be the only link. It is impossible to prove that it is the only link. In fact, looking at all the data available to the public, I'm more inclined to believe that this is a natural phenomenon in earth's cycle.

hundreds of scientists huddling around a buffet lunch nodding their heads don't really say much. I wanna see some reviewed journals. But given that I don't particularly give a crap about this issue, I'll just sit back and watch.

BBC is doing special coverage on global warming. I heard last night, that the glaciers were melting from the ground up. That can hardly be blamed on CO2

when global warming reaches its climax, and the earths temperatures begin to decrease and head for another ice age, mini or otherwise, what do you think it will be blamed on so as taxes can be imposed again ???

You, me.

Threads merged.

And the tarriff on crude should remain @ 0%, because all crude is not only from one source : it's mixed. So adding a tarriff on oil only give the government yet another reason to get more $ from the consumer, and the consumer *has no damn choice.*

Tariff on ethanol is perfectly fine with me. We make ethanol here too, so why buy from Brazil ?

As for prices on gasoline, the US gets crude oil the same price as Europe. The difference? Taxes.

H is the way to go. Purest and most effective. Problem is that we don't have enough nuclear reactors here in the states. Something that needs to change. If we get enough reactors here, (or even open up more oil rigs because we have so much here that is untapped - it will end foreign dependance), we can tell OPEC to shove it where the sun don't shine -- cuz we are now 100% self-sufficient on energy!

The other problem with getting H fuel cell-powered vehicles are politicians standing in the way. People want to do this - but there are still people in government that refuse to change because they like the fact we are not self-sufficient.

And no I am not talking about the right-wing, in case u are wondering.