http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/blog/2006/02/06/BL2006020600817_pf.htmlBush v. Science
By Dan Froomkin
Special to washingtonpost.com
Monday, February 6, 2006; 1:10 PM
President Bush is talking a lot about science these days. He just doesn't have much interest in listening to scientists.
Peter Baker writes in The Washington Post: "Finally there may be an answer to the question of why President Bush spends so much time clearing brush at his Texas ranch.
"Maybe he's collecting it to fuel his next truck. . . .
"The president's fascination with the gee-whiz breakthroughs of modern science may not be new, but it has certainly been more evident in the days since he made unleashing the power of research and innovation a central element of his State of the Union address."
But Bush's relationship to science can be illustrated by the fact that of producing ethanhe is speaking rapturously ol from (of all things) switch grass -- but not saying a word about what many scientists say may be the greatest disaster facing humankind: global climate change..........