Well written. I, too, was a nuclear engineer once and am a big proponent. When Yucca Mountain was disapproved as a waste storage facility it all went downhill. You have great insight, thank you.
Good stuff, Ross! I too have been following CAGW since 1988, and have reached the same conclusions as you.
I imagine that you're already aware of Eisenhower's "Military-Industrial Complex" quote, but are you aware of this one, buried further down in the speech?:
"Today, the solitary inventor, tinkering in his shop, has been over shadowed by task forces of scientists in laboratories and testing fields. In the same fashion, the free university, historically the fountainhead of free ideas and scientific discovery, has experienced a revolution in the conduct of research. Partly because of the huge costs involved, a government contract becomes virtually a substitute for intellectual curiosity. For every old blackboard there are now hundreds of new electronic computers.
The prospect of domination of the nation's scholars by Federal employment, project allocations, and the power of money is ever present and is gravely to be regarded.
Yet, in holding scientific research and discovery in respect, as we should, we must also be alert to the equal and opposite danger that public policy could itself become the captive of a scientific-technological elite."
As we are living squarely in the times that Ike warned us about, I'd say he's one prescient president....
The parting warning may be tongue in cheek but our recent reaction to the “pandemic “ shows how many are ready to panic and “save us” and how too many can be scared enough to submit.
Well written. I, too, was a nuclear engineer once and am a big proponent. When Yucca Mountain was disapproved as a waste storage facility it all went downhill. You have great insight, thank you.
Thank you.
Good stuff, Ross! I too have been following CAGW since 1988, and have reached the same conclusions as you.
I imagine that you're already aware of Eisenhower's "Military-Industrial Complex" quote, but are you aware of this one, buried further down in the speech?:
"Today, the solitary inventor, tinkering in his shop, has been over shadowed by task forces of scientists in laboratories and testing fields. In the same fashion, the free university, historically the fountainhead of free ideas and scientific discovery, has experienced a revolution in the conduct of research. Partly because of the huge costs involved, a government contract becomes virtually a substitute for intellectual curiosity. For every old blackboard there are now hundreds of new electronic computers.
The prospect of domination of the nation's scholars by Federal employment, project allocations, and the power of money is ever present and is gravely to be regarded.
Yet, in holding scientific research and discovery in respect, as we should, we must also be alert to the equal and opposite danger that public policy could itself become the captive of a scientific-technological elite."
As we are living squarely in the times that Ike warned us about, I'd say he's one prescient president....
The parting warning may be tongue in cheek but our recent reaction to the “pandemic “ shows how many are ready to panic and “save us” and how too many can be scared enough to submit.
Superbly written and thoughtful review.
I loved this epistle Ross. Well said and well written. I turn 80 in nine days and I'm a proud climate denier as well. Keep writing please.
Scott Randle