When looking for info. on global warming do you check to see who was funding the research?

Question

Read Michael Chrightons book "State of Fear" then you will always want to know who paid for the research because it has an influence on the outcome. Just think of the makers of oxycotin they paid for research and it concluded that this drug was not even habit forming. Now its pulled from the market and we know its very addictive. Whoever funds the research can and do have a certain amount of influence on the outcome. In short don't believe everything you read.

Answer 1

That's why government labs like NASA and NOAA (where the scientists don't get rich off of their research conclusions) is a better source of information on global warming than an oil company, coal mining company, or political pundit.

Answer 2

Most of the research I rely on was funded by the U.S. Government or other nations. That's you and me. I also rely extensively on research conducted by U.S. universities.  Sometimes there are private ties, and they are identified up front.   As long as that is acknowledged, I'm okay with it.  Sometimes, too, they're working with the U.S. government.  I'm okay with that, too.

And yes, when I visit an unknown group I check to see if they have a board of directors, and who's on it.  That usually says a lot.

Answer 3

no

Answer 4

NASA and NOAA also don't tell us about government weather modification/"military testing" that's going on in the skies.  It takes the local news to tell us this!  I don't trust those government organizations.  They contradict themselves as much as the media does.

Answer 5

Someone on this site quoted an article from the ultra-conservative website WorldNetDaily, which yesterday published the following bogus article:

http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?f...

Now, on the face of it, that looks bad. But a quick domain whois search shows that the petition website is registered to one Arthur B. Robinson of Oregon. A quick search finds that he is a scientist at the "Oregon Institute of Science and Medicine". Sounds good, no?

Well, no. Because according to this source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/20... the Oregon Institute of Science and Medicine received over $600,000 dollars of funding from ExxonMobil (one of the world's biggest oil companies, and the only one not to have officially accepted global warming as an issue).

This is why checking your sources is a GOOD IDEA...