Professor compares ETS to the Y2k scam

Ian Plimer, professor of mining geology and Adelaide University, has criticised the government's plans for an ETS during a speech at a Sydney Mining Club lunch, saying:

If you thought Y2K was a scam, you wait for this one.

And he correctly points out that scientific research generally follows government policy:

"Scientists play politics the same as everyone else," he said in his speech, entitled Human induced climate change - a load of hot air."

"I think we've got people playing games in politics."

"If you want the research funding and if you want the money then ... follow the money, follow the pocket of paradise, but it could actually send us broke."

Read it here.