[Vision2020] Global warming approaching critical point

Mark Solomon msolomon at moscow.com
Tue Jan 25 16:03:24 PST 2005


Dan,

I'm curious: which universities receive $$ from the Sierra Club (or 
any other environmental group)?

Mark Solomon

>
>The trouble with scientists who are well-respected and well-credentialed
>making these claims is that they are beholden to their benefactors.  If
>the Sierra Club is paying a nice chunk of change to your university,
>which side of the issue are you going to come down on?  And there are
>crackpots on both sides.  That was just the link at the top of the page
>when I put in my search criteria.
>
>I'm not denying that the earth might just be getting warmer.  I wouldn't
>deny that the earth might be getting colder.  I just don't think mankind
>has all that great an effect on it.  While the jungles of Brazil may be
>shrinking, so is the Sahara:
>
>http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0BFU/is_8_88/ai_99848795
>
>Also, there is an argument that global warming may have a net positive
>effect:
>
>http://www.globalwarming.org/article.php?uid=532
>
>Tit for tat?
>
>DC



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