Agreed. No group or individual is unbiased, scientist or otherwise.agwrestler said:
How are those organizations funded?
They absolutely cannot provide an unbiased evaluation.
I was not familiar with "Clintel" before this post, so I perused their website.
And some of their leadership:Quote:
Climate Intelligence (CLINTEL) is an independent foundation that operates in the fields of climate change and climate policy. CLINTEL was founded in 2019 by emeritus professor of geophysics Guus Berkhout and science journalist Marcel Crok. CLINTEL's main objective is to generate knowledge and understanding of the causes and effects of climate change as well as the effects of climate policy.
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Guus Berkhout, PhD, Founder of Clintel, and Dutch Engineer
He studied electrical engineering Delft University of Technology and obtained his degree in 1963. In 1970 he obtained a PhD cum laude in physics from the same university. In 1964 Berkhout started working for Royal Dutch Shell. In 1976 he returned to Delft University of Technology, and became a professor of acoustic imaging and sound control. During his time at Delft University Berkhout was the founder and scientific director of the Delphi Consortium, which does seismic research for a consortium of oil and gas companies. Berkhout was elected a member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1990.
His Google Scholar does not turn up any climate-related research, only work on seismic and acoustic sciences.
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John F. Clauser, PhD, Nobel Laureate Professor and Clintel "Ambassador", and American theoretical physicist.
Known for Bell test experiments in quantum physics and quantum information science. PhD in physics from Columbia University in 1969. Clauser was awarded the 2022 Nobel Prize in Physics, jointly "for experiments with entangled photons, establishing the violation of Bell inequalities and pioneering quantum information science." Sounds like he spent his academic career in the subatomic world, and in post-retirement has shifted to climate. In 2023 Clauser joined the board of the CO2 Coalition, which has published papers on climate and energy-related issues. Funding from Koch Brothers, Heartland Institute, and various oil-and-gas institutions.
His Google Scholar is mainly comprised his theoretical physics work, unsurprisingly. His seminal 1969 paper on Bell experiments has been cited almost 10,000 times!
and as a poster mentioned, even an Aggie.Quote:
Ivan Giaever, PhD, Nobel Laureate Professor and Clintel "Ambassador", and Norwegian-American engineer and physicist.
Giaever is a professor emeritus at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and the president of the company Applied Biophysics. While working for General Electric, earned a PhD at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 1964. Giaever shared the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1973 "for discoveries regarding tunnelling phenomena in solids". Giaever's share of the prize was specifically for his "experimental discoveries regarding tunnelling phenomena in superconductors. Several other prestigious awards in physics and engineering. Advisor with Heartland Institute.
His Google Scholar profile, like Clauser's, seems to be unrelated to climate but many publications in well-known scientific journals.
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Thomas Lindsay Blanton, PhD in Tectonophysics, Texas A&M University.
Over 40 years experience as an advisor and consultant in geomechanics specializing in compaction, subsidence, and lithospheric stress determination. Consultant at Reservoir Mechanics, LLC. Guessing O&G exploration. Maybe he posts on TexAgs!
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