Tuesday, April 15, 2014

Global Warming R&D

I recently commented on the latest IPCC climate change report, as reported in Chemical and Engineering News by Cheryl Hogue.
In the last part of my essay I suggested that since federal agencies are already doling out billions of dollars to university professors for research and development, how about doing some R&D work on confirming two theories, which continue to be used by the IPCC in global warming promotions. The first theory is that the capacity for absorption of heat by carbon dioxide molecules is so great that it overcomes the negative aspect of being only 0.05% in the atmosphere. The second theory is that the molecules of the major constituents in the atmosphere (nitrogen and oxygen) are unable to absorb heat.
I did not intend to imply that I would apply for a federal grant, but one of our Political Advisers carried it a step further by making the following tongue-in-cheek comment, "You cannot get funding for your ideas because your thesis is all wrong.  Your research has to be aimed at proving global warming and the supporting politics behind that.  Knowledge is not what their after, just propaganda."

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