Re: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] good intentions aside...

[Mike Miller <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

On Thu, 15 Jun 2006, Rick wrote:

> Apparently Mr Gore's movie isn't quite as popular in some circles...
>
> http://www.canadafreepress.com/2006/harris061206.htm

On Thu, 15 Jun 2006, Rick wrote:

> http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Bob_Carter
>
> Mr Carter appears to be considerably more published in the area of 
> climatology than you.


Here's some more on Bob Carter:

He is not a professor but an "Adjunct Professorial Research Fellow":

http://www.jcu.edu.au/app/contact/index.cfm?fuseaction=whoswho&groupid=645

He is a member of the Institute of Public Affairs, "a right-wing, 
corporate funded think tank based in Melbourne," Australia:

http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Bob_Carter
http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Institute_of_Public_Affairs

He is not an environmental scientist or a climatologist, but he is, 
according to the very page Rick sent to us "a prominent research geologist 
with a personal interest in the issue of climate change.":

http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Bob_Carter

His university does not maintain a web page for him, probably because of 
his adjunct affiliation.  It is hard to find much information about him 
but you can see his brief CV here:

http://www.jcu.edu.au/marine/staff%20profiles/Bob%20Carter.pdf

Based on some of the facts just presented, my best guess is that he is 
paid primarily by the energy industry to publicly criticize scientific 
reports on global warming.

Here are some articles about Bob Carter and others like him written by a 
computer scientist who has been following the global warming controversy:

http://scienceblogs.com/deltoid/2006/06/an_embarrassment_to_australian.php
http://scienceblogs.com/deltoid/2006/05/you_too_can_be_a_leading_clima.php
http://timlambert.org/category/science/bobcarter/

Interesting.  I especially like the graphics in the first of those three 
pages.

The conclusion is that most, if not all, prominent "skeptics" about human 
influence in global warming are being paid by the energy industry to 
promote their ideas.

Mike

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