Reply #20: The whole problem was the Huber sent the letter through a third party, and the policy ...

[Buzz Clik]

... is to not accept third party communication. The letter was delivered to the Secretary and immediately dispatched to someone of lower rank. If Huber had made certain the he was delivering the letter, the problem might have been avoided.

Quoting you: "We have 'scientists' willing to seemingly insulate most large, huge, for- profit, corporations on a variety of subjects." This is a massive cop out, and it is used by both sides of any issue when research does not support a given point of view. Climate change scientists are accused of creating hysteria to encourage continued funding; skeptics are accused of being corporate whores.

There's real science out there, and fighting it out on the internet and in public media accomplishes nothing. Huber would have been better served publishing his data first.