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Aussie Climate Scientists Receiving Death Threats
An anonymous reader writes "With the Australian parliament beginning the debate on setting a carbon price, climate scientists are reporting an increase in threatening phone calls and even death threats. The threats are serious enough that several universities have increased security for their ecology and meteorology researchers. The Australian government is seeking to introduce a carbon tax by July 2012."
...a guy isn't safe checking his wet dry hygrometer in the morning.
http://michaelsmith.id.au
...is good.
Do you intend to turn that into carbon dioxide and water?
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The other threat was made to a scientist at a university function last year by a person not known to university staff (or the cops).
I think Dawkins has come close to punching a few of them.
It pays to be obvious, especially if you have a reputation for being subtle.
How many carbon credits can i claim if i kill someone?
Gotta be worth something... They won't be producing carbon ever again. Just maybe some methane as they rot.
Or as fundamentally dumb.