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Q Is there any scenario in which global warming could be beneficial for the planet? <br />A Of course. Canada looks like it will benefit considerably if it were to happen. <br />And it might very well happen -- but it won't be due to man. <br />Q You charge that the hysteria that's been created around global warming is an <br />enormous financial scam. It's all about money? <br />A Well, how shall I put it? It's not all about money, but boy, there's a lot of money <br />floating in it. I mean, emissions trading is going to be amulti-trillion dollar market. <br />Emissions alone would keep small countries in business. <br />Q Are you suggesting that scientists manipulate their findings to get in on the gravy <br />train? <br />A You have to differentiate the interests of different groups. In the scientific <br />community, your interest is for your field to be recognized so that it will have <br />priority in government funding. <br />Q So you are not accusing your scientific colleagues of corruption? <br />A No, I'm accusing them of behaving the way scientists always behave. In other <br />words, some years ago, when Richard Nixon declared war on cancer, almost all the <br />biological sciences then became cancer research. I mean, I don't call that corruption, <br />I'm saying you orient your research so that it has a better chance to get resources. <br />Q And it helps if your findings suggest something catastrophic is about to happen? <br />A In this case it certainly has helped. First of all, the funding increased so greatly <br />that it exceeded the capacity of the existing field to absorb it. You'll notice that <br />Working Group 2 of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change came up with <br />lots of scary things, but everything was always preceded by could, might, may, all <br />these qualifiers. And the reason it was is those studies start out assuming there's a <br />lot of warming. They assume all the science is in, and then they say, 'Well, how will <br />this impact my field of insect-borne diseases, or agriculture, or health?' So they are <br />almost, by definition, going to generate catastrophic scenarios, but they will never <br />be based on anything other than the hypothesis that this will already happen. <br />Q I read that you betone of your colleagues that the Earth will actually be colder 20 <br />years from now? <br />z <br />