of this? well, i think they re able to people in the agency can say what they want. obviously these are retirees. they re able they re freer perhaps to talk about this. what s important it to have ongoing scientific inquiry about this and there may be points one side will make. the way you find truth is through open scientific engagement rather than trying to tell one side you re not intelligent, don t talk about it, don t address it. is there a sense that has not been the case? i think there s a real sense, that people who are skeptical about global warming unlike other areas, let s continue experiments, let s test hypotheses. there s people in favor of the man made global warming theory to dismiss and ridicule and try to humiliate who think this thing is probably not happening, or if it is, maybe there are more sensible ways to address it than doing something like cap and trade. there are things that you can do, for example, such as painting roof tops white, putting iron fi
alisyn, the conventional wisdom of the last generation is now in doubt, the man-made global warming theory has been seriously challenged. you mentioned professor jones. he s the man who created and organized much of the data that went into the u.n. s climate panel in copenhagen. three things on that issue there: number one, he now says that the middle ages were warmer than they are than the climate now, the temperature now. how did that happen? way before industrialization? number two, as you said, alisyn, there s been no appreciable warming in the last 15 years. why not? it was supposed to happen. number three, professor jones acknowledges that it s very difficult to measure temperature 300 years ago to within 1/10 of a degree. so the data is not that reliable. now, that s the backdrop to what s going on here. and it means that cap and trade, climate change legislation, is very seriously in doubt in congress. and the idea that the epa should regulate co2