Should scientists be entrusted with the care of our planet ?

[Cyclops]

Does no-one realize or even care that
WE ARE ALL DOOMED?

[Dr Lecter]

Personally I don't think we should trust them at all.

Their very existence relies upon them finding out important and scary stuff so it's in their interest to discover things.

If I spent 20 years funding scientists to discover the impact of diesel cars on the environment and then after 20 years they told me "Dunno really, we've found a few minor things but nothing conclusive" then I'm not going to keep throwing money at it am I?

Also, these are the same experts that, back in the 80s, told us that by the year 2000 1 in 4 people would die of AIDS. Now I've known hundreds of people over the years and I only (vaguely) know one person personally that contracted HIV so I'll take what these people say with a huge pinch of salt.

Sadly a lot of these have an agenda and find what they want to find.

[lardy]

Personally I don't think we should trust them at all.

Their very existence relies upon them finding out important and scary stuff so it's in their interest to discover things.

If I spent 20 years funding scientists to discover the impact of diesel cars on the environment and then after 20 years they told me "Dunno really, we've found a few minor things but nothing conclusive" then I'm not going to keep throwing money at it am I?

Also, these are the same experts that, back in the 80s, told us that by the year 2000 1 in 4 people would die of AIDS. Now I've known hundreds of people over the years and I only (vaguely) know one person personally that contracted HIV so I'll take what these people say with a huge pinch of salt.

Sadly a lot of these have an agenda and find what they want to find.

They're probably not the same experts, no.

[Mrs Steve R]

Does no-one realize or even care that
WE ARE ALL DOOMED?

People are driven by money, not cars, if money was taken out of the equation I think ideas would change dramatically.