NASA chief wants to know

Published on May 31, 2007 By danielost In Politics

which humans a arrogant enough to tell the planet what the climit should be

-- NASA Statement in Response to Inquiries Related to NPR Press Release
http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.nl.html?pid=22731
-- NASA Administrator Michael Griffin Not Sure That Global Warming Is A
Problem
http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.nl.html?pid=22729

"MR. GRIFFIN: I have no doubt that global -- that a trend of global
warming exists. I am not sure
that it is fair to say that it is a problem we must wrestle with. To
assume that it is a problem is to
assume that the state of earth's climate today is the optimal climate,
the best climate that we
could have or ever have had and that we need to take steps to make sure
that it doesn't change.
First of all, I don't think it's within the power of human beings to
assure that the climate does not
change, as millions of years of history have shown, and second of all,
I guess I would ask which
human beings - where and when - are to be accorded the privilege of
deciding that this
particular climate that we have right here today, right now is the best
climate for all other human
beings. I think that's a rather arrogant position for people to take."

i hope this doesn't end up being a double thread if so sorry

Comments

danielost

on May 31, 2007

lets see you defend al gore after this

davad70

on May 31, 2007

Maybe Griffin should stick to aeronautics and astronautics, his specialty, considering NASA's top climate scientist strongly disagrees with his statements.

"It's an incredibly arrogant and ignorant statement," Hansen told ABC News. "It indicates a complete ignorance of understanding the implications of climate change."

Hansen believes Griffin's comments fly in the face of well-established scientific knowledge that hundreds of NASA scientists have contributed to.

"It's unbelievable," said Hansen. "I thought he had been misquoted. It's so unbelievable."

WWW Link

danielost

on May 31, 2007

maybe you should have read a little further down in your own link

NASA is the world's preeminent organization in the study of Earth and the conditions that contribute to climate change and global warming," Griffin said in a statement. "The agency is responsible for collecting data that is used by the science community and policy makers as part of an ongoing discussion regarding our planet's evolving systems. It is NASA's responsibility to collect, analyze and release information. It is not NASA's mission to make policy regarding possible climate change mitigation strategies. As I stated in the NPR interview, we are proud of our role and I believe we do it well."

davad70

on Jun 01, 2007

maybe you should have read a little further down in your own link

I read the entire article. Why?

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