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I wish there was a way I could make money from the willful ignorance displayed here and by many of the general public. Our weekly departmental seminar (at the major Univ. where I am work) is focused on ways of reducing the effects of CO2 induced global warming. Every single speaker comes in with their own independently collected data set and shows how the earth is generally getting warmer (there are cold patches), how much CO2 their particular bit of the environment could potentially absorb, and how much CO2 would be released if some other land management decision was made. The problem is that there is very little biogeochemists or environmental biologists can do to substantively affect CO2 levels, when compared to human effects.
Much of the conservation work done by wildlife biologists and ecologists is at risk by global warming, and these folks are trying to figure out if there is something they can do to save the things that they love. Meanwhile, much of the general public is lost in the wilderness of disbelief and many of the politicians are bought by big money. My research is not directly applicable to global warming, but I wish there was a way I could tap into the willful ignorance that many proudly display to fund my work. At least there would be something positive gained by this foolishness.
