Al Gore to Rick Perry: Climate scientists aren't motivated by money

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http://thehill.com/blogs/e2-wire/677-e2-wire/178431-al-gore-to-rick-perry-climate-science-isnt-about-the-money-

Al Gore on Friday bashed the notion that climate scientists are manipulating data for financial gain, a charge levied by global warming skeptics, including GOP White House hopeful Rick Perry.

“This is an organized effort to attack the reputation of the scientific community as a whole, to attack their integrity, and to slander them with the lie that they are making up the science in order to make money,” Gore said in an online interview.

“These scientists don’t make a lot of money. They are comfortable, as they should be, but they don’t make a lot of money. That is not their motivation for doing what they do,” Gore added.

His comments came in a wide-ranging interview with Alex Bogusky, a prominent former advertising executive who is working with Gore on the former vice president’s Climate Reality Project.

video at link
http://www.ustream.tv/fearlessqa

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1. Most scientists are underpaid and under appreciated and most seem to

think they know better than the studies conducted... I blame the junk scientists who are bought off an fuck around and manipulate data to provide "talking points".. but everyone has a price when it comes to funding.. BP went around buying up University depts to "study" the impact of their oil spill. My favorite, the dolphins that are dying may be a result from the BP oil spill. Hmm maybe, ya think?

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2. And neither are politicians. (n/t)

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3. Rick Perry is simply projecting his greed onto others.

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4. !

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5. People motivated by greed don't understand those not motivated by money.

Like for instance, Albert Einstein. He was not interested in money. He was interested in teaching and physics.