“The prospect of domination of the nation’s scholars by Federal employment, project allocations, and the power of money is ever present and is gravely to be regarded.
Yet, in holding scientific research and discovery in respect, as we should, we must also be alert to the equal and opposite danger that public policy could itself become the captive of a scientific-technological elite.”
- President Eisenhower January 17, 1961
Academics who know nothing about delivering energy want to control energy policy.
“We need power to prescribe climate policy, IPCC scientists say”
