tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6727975.post382511605210112374..comments2024-03-25T16:30:58.213+13:00Comments on GREENIE WATCH: JRhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00829082699850674281noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6727975.post-48116497744628159282011-05-27T03:53:54.394+12:002011-05-27T03:53:54.394+12:00Info requests: yes, responding to requests is not ...Info requests: yes, responding to requests is not easy, not always possible, and often expensive. And yes, I do not doubt there are some who overdo the requests. BUT I also see that "climate scientists" (as opposed to, say, meteorologists) have shot themselves in the foot. <br /> <br />"... said that, in principle, scientific information should be made available as widely as possible as a matter of course, a practice common in biological research where gene sequences are routinely published in public databases." <br /> <br />? In bio research, gene sequences are generally published after they have been copyrighted or even patented, and in parallel with publication/announcement. Or are withheld. <br />Thing is, with publication the accompanying research IS made available, not destroyed. And yes, this is done with the knowledge that others will be looking for faults in the research as well as help and ideas for future research. This is part of what we call "the scientific method" as used in all branches - except "climate science." Einstein published, and made his supporting work available, though even his friends had already started checking for errors. <br />------------------<br />"The real food challenge? The world will need to nearly double its farm output in the next 40 short years, to meet a last, moderate increase in population—and a huge surge in affluence" <br /> <br />Yes. Even mainland Chinese working class are becoming affluent enough to look for something more than rice, which is an enormous market. Producing the food is simply not possible with hand plowing, planting, harvesting, etc. as many Greens want, and certainly not as the trendy "locavore" types insist is easy and "more sustainable." <br /> <br />Subsets of the general "more sustainable" theme, which implicitly if not explicitly says the proposals are almost always more "sustainable" IF population - us - is decreased twenty to ninety percent.John Ahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00801684602403824157noreply@blogger.com