Same old story - tax dollars going to support leftist academics and researchers and their meaningless efforts.
The truth about the studies is that they were meant to prove that people use too much energy and need to be punished with higher costs.
“The truth about the studies is that they were meant to prove that people use too much energy and need to be punished with higher costs.”
When I was in college, studies and grants were viewed by the university, the professors and the students as just money to support their lifestyle. Research was never the goal. Solving problems or producing a product were nowhere on the prof’s or student’s horizon. Oh, everybody “worked” on the grant, but never like we work in private industry. The typical day included wandering in hung-over at 10:00am and doing a lot of things not grant/research related but charging them to the project. Then followed a two hour, two pitcher power lunch with the professor followed by some “computer work” at the lab. In this way, I saw astonishing amounts of money disappear. Then, in the last few hours, they’d come up with a paper. I believe, from the overheard discussions, that the “data” was cooked to meet the grantor’s political needs.
I would be happy if all government affiliation with universities stopped. Also, all government grants, wealth redistribution, loans and tax write-offs. Then, you’d see universities trim up like private companies and concentrate on their supposed product, educated students.