Nothing makes me laugh harder than the argument that climate change scientists are doing it for the money! That they're towing the "party line" to get those big dollar research grants. It's a scream really, you should do stand-up.
Nothing amazes me more than the failure of most people to understand the fundamental requirements for human existence and human activities.
Just as the presence of CO2 in the atmosphere is fundamental to the growth of all plants, money is a fundamental requirement, either directly or indirectly, for all human activity
in a modern society.I emphasize the term 'modern society', because obviously a 'hunter gatherer' society (perhaps some lost tribe, deep in the Amazon jungle} does not need money.
Even a very basic activity, such as walking down the street, requires money; the money needed to buy the food to give the person the energy to walk. Even if the person walking down the street is a homeless beggar, presumably somebody has donated food to keep him alive, and such food has been bought with money.
Two or three hundred years ago and beyond, scientists tended to fund their own research. It still required money, but they were wealthy and didn't need government grants. The scientific projects were also much simpler in those days.
Nowadays, with the proliferation of so many disciplines of science, the need for well-equipped laboratories, the latest, very expensive, sophisticated instruments, and of course, the money required to pay the basic salaries of the many scientists involved in any major research project, either government or corporate funding is essential.
No funding for climate research means
no research. It's laughable to argue that the scientists working in government-funded Climate Research centres are not aware of this fact, or don't even care if the research centres are closed down because some politicians might think 'the science is settled'.
