A question for anyone who wants to do a little research re: GW denial--

[Jackpine Radical]

What is the mean salary of those scientists (and "scientists&quot who have published skeptical articles in the last 10 years versus those who published supportive articles? And where did their pay come from?

Apparently one of the memes current in Teabag/Denialist/Corporatist circles (and a classic example of pure projection) is that the whole population of conventional climate scientists have been bought off (by George Soros & Al Gore or someone like that, I suppose) to promulgate their theories.

[lalalu]

1. Corporations and large developers pay them.

A classic example would be the NY and NJ coastal areas which in the last few decades have been overdeveloped. For years they were warned but developers hired their private "scientists" to dispute environmental impact.

Homes and corporate offices have been built on areas that were once left wild. They got the land basically as gifts from local politicians because it was public land which did not require they buy out existing dwellers.

Then came Sandy ................

[ChoppinBroccoli]

2. Maybe Not A Direct Answer To Your Question, But Still A Good Chart