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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?"
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
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.?