Originally Posted by
DrTimPerkins
I agree with you. However it also works the opposite way. Corporations and organizations funded by individuals hire people to debunk the science, oftentimes by obfuscating and twisting the findings in ways that would make a contortionist uncomfortable. Some of the people (pseudo-scientists) they hire know nothing about the field, but will publish all sorts of reports anyhow (not in scientific journals) simply to confuse and delay any action. The early part of my career was spent doing acid rain research. Corporations poured billions into fighting it. End result was that eventually legislation was passed, and the companies dealt with the problem and cleaned up their act. It is truly amazing how polarizing relatively simple issues can become. If the $ spent studying and fighting any action on a problem were actually spent fixing problems, there would be far fewer problems and far more solutions.
Amen.
It really is a shame this has to be such a polarizing/politicized issue. It doesn't need to be. I guess people like to have something to fight about, and there are vested interests that pour big $$ into climate denying claptrap to encourage it.
I grew up in the 70s and 80s, and I remember how all the scientific literature was clear (had been for decades before I was born) about cigarettes causing lung cancer. But the tobacco industry fought it tooth and nail, and had a fair amount of success... for a while. But their lies wound up biting them far harder than what it would've been if they'd just owned up to the negative effects and rolled with it. Eventually they started losing the lawsuits around their lies and coverups, and it nearly destroyed the industry. But I'm guessing they made big profits in the interim, and what do shareholders care about long-term gain versus their stock price going up today. So it goes, same today as it was then.
Gabe
2016: Homemade arch from old wood stove; 2 steam tray pans; 6 taps; 1.1 gal
2017: Same setup. 15 taps; 4.5 gal
2018: Same setup. Limited time. 12 taps and short season; 2.2 gal
2019: Very limited time. 7 taps and a short season; 1.8 gals
2020: New Mason 2x3 XL halfway through season; 9 taps 2 gals
2021: Same 2x3, 18 taps, 4.5 gals
2022: 23 taps, 5.9 gals
2023: 23 taps. Added AUF, 13.2 gals
2024: 17 taps, 5.3 gals
All on buckets