CU to study impact of climate change on Boulder prairie dogs
Researchers in Boulder, Kansas receive $850,000 grant for project.
CU to study impact of climate change on Boulder prairie dogs – Boulder Daily Camera
Only problem is, the climate is not changing in Boulder. The government is wasting almost a million dollars to study the effects of something which isn’t happening.
No one bothered to do any diligence before stealing $850,000 from America’s children?
This is another example of government-funded science. “Pissing away taxpayers’ money” would be a more accurate description. Eisenhower warned us about the incestuous relationship of government and science:
The prospect of domination of the nation’s scholars by Federal employment, project allocations, and the power of money is ever present and is gravely to be regarded.
Yet, in holding scientific research and discovery in respect, as we should, we must also be alert to the equal and opposite danger that public policy could itself become the captive of a scientific technological elite.
“The Legislature of the State of Texas, operating under the biennial system, convenes its regular sessions at noon on the second Tuesday in January of odd-numbered years. The maximum duration of a regular session is 140 days. The governor is given authority under the state constitution to convene the legislature at other times during the biennium. Such sessions are known as called or special sessions and are reserved for legislation that the governor deems critically important in the conduct of state affairs. Called sessions are limited to a period of 30 days, during which the legislature is permitted to pass laws only on subjects submitted by the governor in calling for the session.”
http://www.house.state.tx.us/resources/frequently-asked-questions/#how_leg
“The economy of Texas is one of the largest and most rapidly growing economies in the United States. As of 2011, Texas is home to six of the top 50 companies on the Fortune 500 list and 51 overall, (third most after New York and California). As the largest exporter of goods in the United States, Texas currently[when?] grosses more than $100 billion a year in trade with other nations. In 2011,Texas had a gross state product of $1.332 trillion, the second highest in the U.S”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Texas
And Skeeter cannot figure out how we can save any money.
However, who wants to bet that the “researchers” find that (nonexistent assumed) warming is indeed affecting the prairie dogs in some (trumped up) fashion? You get what you pay for.