Climate Contrarians Seek Leadership of House Science Committee 518
An article at Ars examines three members of the U.S. House of Representatives who are seeking chairmanship of its Committee on Space, Science, and Technology. Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA) said in an interview, "My analysis is that in the global warming debate, we won. There were a lot of scientists who were just going along with the flow on the idea that mankind was causing a change in the world's climate. I think that after 10 years of debate, we can show that that there are hundreds if not thousands of scientists who have come over to being skeptics, and I don't know anyone [who was a skeptic] who became a believer in global warming." James Sensenbrenner (R-WI) has a similar record of opposing climate change, as does Lamar Smith (R-TX). Relatedly, Phil Plait, a.k.a. The Bad Astronomer, has posted an article highlighting how U.S. Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL), a member of the Senate's Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, has declined to answer a question about how old the Earth is, calling it "one of the great mysteries."
Do you have to be stupid to be Republican? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:My two cents... (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Richard Muller (Score:5, Funny)
Muller was never a skeptic.
I think you mean:
skep-tic-tard /`skeptiktard/ Noun: A person inclined to question or doubt all accepted opinions, regardless of any and all facts. Sees a changing of the mind when presented with good solid evidence as a moral failing.
Re:about time! (Score:3, Funny)
How much longer did this nonsense have to continue?!
How long can you tread water?
Re:Richard Muller (Score:5, Funny)
"On the other hand, you have a bunch of uneducated politicians who see that climate change is going to cost their supporters a lot of money."
The answer appears to be giving the Republicans a way to make money from global warming and then we will see an instant turnaround. Probably so fast that we'd accidentally freeze the planet.