Comments on: Science in Budget 2010 http://carbonfixated.com/science-in-budget-2010/ Photosynthesising in a CO2-enriched world Wed, 12 May 2010 22:37:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Gerry http://carbonfixated.com/science-in-budget-2010/comment-page-1/#comment-1422 Gerry Tue, 09 Mar 2010 12:22:02 +0000 http://carbonfixated.com/science-in-budget-2010/#comment-1422 The quality of discourse is only exceeded by the stunts used by both sides to draw attention to themselves. Today, the British are pushing a meeting of Olympic athletes in Toronto to discuss climate change! Yeah, that should be science based -- not. Of course, the British High Commission in Ottawa is the same bunch that hired a cancer fund raiser to replace its media outreach on climate change. Media could only take so much exposure to gossip and social news before tuning out completely. The quality of discourse is only exceeded by the stunts used by both sides to draw attention to themselves. Today, the British are pushing a meeting of Olympic athletes in Toronto to discuss climate change! Yeah, that should be science based — not.
Of course, the British High Commission in Ottawa is the same bunch that hired a cancer fund raiser to replace its media outreach on climate change. Media could only take so much exposure to gossip and social news before tuning out completely.

]]> By: CAM http://carbonfixated.com/science-in-budget-2010/comment-page-1/#comment-1413 CAM Mon, 08 Mar 2010 23:34:23 +0000 http://carbonfixated.com/science-in-budget-2010/#comment-1413 More precisely Arctic infrastructure gets more funding, but one hopes that will lead to funding actual researchers. In the meantime CFCAS desperately needs renewing or replacing, and there's no sign of that happening. CCS gets a heck of a lot of cash, doesn't it? Can't help but think it could have been better spent elsewhere. More precisely Arctic infrastructure gets more funding, but one hopes that will lead to funding actual researchers. In the meantime CFCAS desperately needs renewing or replacing, and there’s no sign of that happening.
CCS gets a heck of a lot of cash, doesn’t it? Can’t help but think it could have been better spent elsewhere.

]]> By: Kate http://carbonfixated.com/science-in-budget-2010/comment-page-1/#comment-1411 Kate Mon, 08 Mar 2010 22:53:01 +0000 http://carbonfixated.com/science-in-budget-2010/#comment-1411 It's great that Arctic research gets more funding. I recently attended a presentation of the Circumpolar Flaw Lead Study by Dr David Barber....truly amazing stuff that they're working on, but the amount of helicopter rides to get up there eats up a lot of government money. As expected, no mention of mitigation or adaptation, except CCS research! Now he's really sounding like Danielle Smith, the leader of the AB Wild Rose Party......On Rick Mercer she remarked that the science of gravity is settled while the science of climate change is not. That one really made me laugh. It’s great that Arctic research gets more funding. I recently attended a presentation of the Circumpolar Flaw Lead Study by Dr David Barber….truly amazing stuff that they’re working on, but the amount of helicopter rides to get up there eats up a lot of government money.

As expected, no mention of mitigation or adaptation, except CCS research! Now he’s really sounding like Danielle Smith, the leader of the AB Wild Rose Party……On Rick Mercer she remarked that the science of gravity is settled while the science of climate change is not. That one really made me laugh.

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