When the o’holy grant money is at stake, anything is fair game, including rational thought.
This is direct result of too many people gaining access to higher academic education.
I was having similar thoughts.
The competition for Global Warming study grants must be fierce.
It must take wilder and wilder flights of fancy to get the attention of those approving research grants.
They must of read this submission and thought 'This guy is a complete nut bag. We just have to see what he comes up with just for laughs!'