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Ex-NASA Employees Accuse Agency of 'Extreme Position' On Climate Change
grumpyman writes "A coalition of 49 ex-NASA employees, including seven Apollo astronauts, have accused the U.S. space agency of sullying its reputation by taking the 'extreme position' of concluding that carbon dioxide is a major cause of climate change. Is the claim in this letter opinion or fact?"
"U.S. a country capable of putting a man into space again?"
Except for symbolism, what is the use of that? People make billions shoving bits on a screen these days.
They are correct though. There are way worse greenhouse gasses that don't even get filtered most of the time. Cause actually carbon dioxide isn't all that strong of a greenhouse gas.
Wow. Because when I want an opinion on climate change, I automatically turn to astronauts, shuttle leading edge system managers, and pogo prevention panel chairs.
The majority of scientists speaking in favor of AGW are not climatologists either. Proponents of global warming don't seem to mind that, though. Canada's leading climate change crusader... David Suzuki... is a zoologist. We've heard for years that you only need a background in STEM to understand climate issues, since most such people speaking to the media in favor had such backgrounds. Being a "generic scientist" was enough, if you were on the right side. So now that critics with STEM backgrounds speak up... oh, now you have to be a climatologist?
Life is hard, and the world is cruel
Most of the American slashdotters voted for Obama, the politically correct ignoramus. Which tells me one thing. These people don't give two shits about NASA's. They wanted a boot-licker. Well, you got one. Congrats.
And don't tell us you didn't know Obama would be this way. The entire conservative movement has been kicking an screaming about who this guy really is. Only now it's far to late and the damage has been done.
It's George Bush's fault.
Hear me out. Having spent a significant amount of time around JSC and realized that it was essentially a pestilential swamp that nobody in their minds (other than a bunch of confused cows) would voluntarily live in, I can see that a couple of decades of hanging out between the air conditioners and the mosquitoes and surrounded by millions of Texans (and a similar number of confused cows) would drive anybody insane.
They're in Hell anyway, what's a few more degrees Kelvin? They wouldn't understand the concept of the planet getting hotter if it walked up and bit them on the nose.
Faster! Faster! Faster would be better!
And how many of those aren't taking money from the coal, oil or other industries whose very livelihood depends on them downplaying the evidence?
How many AGW proponents don't stand to profit heavily off of "green" jobs bills, carbon credits, cap and trade, etc.?
It would, if it were hyperbole. But it's not. If climate change is not stopped, billions of people will die. James Hansen is just about the only credible voice there is on this issue.
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