Ponderings of a Scientist

The United Nations just released a report citing the opinions of over 2,500 scientists in regards to Global Warming.  Guess what, there is a 90% chance humans are causing/increasing global warming.  No surprise there, any intelligent human knew that. The more exciting news, Exxon Mobil has given an American Think Tank over 1 million dollars to pay scientists to dispute the findings.  That’s right if you are a relatively important scientist willing to write a paper or give a speech against this report you can get up to $10,000 from Exxon Mobil.  What’s wrong with that, there just encouraging debate (read: bribbing scientists!)?