| It's not always just about money... Science has its own politics too.
The 'greenhouse effect' came into prominence in the '60s when venus was found to have a much higher surface temperature than had been expected or predicted by scientists. At that time a group of prominent scientists headed by Harlow Shapely of Harvard were busy debunking Immanuel Velikovsky, one of whose predictions had been a high Cytherean temperature. A 'scientific' explanation was needed fast to prevent Velikovsky's supporters from chalking up a victory.
Thus we were lumped with the 'greenhouse effect', which then somehow migrated from venus' to our own atmosphere. |