As some people may or may not know, I am a full member of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) in good standing. The AGU fall meeting is coming up, and I hope to attend so that I can cover what is being presented in the world of climate science, while keeping tabs on the antics of people like Michael Mann, Peter Gleick, and some of the other players.
There’s only one problem.
It is VERY expensive to attend. Just the registration alone costs $415.
Add a hotel for 3 days at the typical $150-200 per night rate in SFO, plus incidentals, and the cost to attend easily tops $1000. I’ll drive down to save money rather than take a plane.
While many attendees get the taxpayers (via their Universities) or their NGO’s via donors to pay for such things, WUWT has no such resources, and despite the claims common from detractors, we are still waiting for that ‘big oil check’ to arrive.
So, I thought I’d ask the readership if they can help out so that there will be somebody at AGU to report on climate science that can do so from the skeptic side. I anticipate there will be much follow-on science claims from the upcoming AR5 report, so there is likely to be ample items of interest. I envision a number of segments for WUWT-TV to be put up here.
As a side note, I hope to be able to do a WUWT get together/dinner to thank moderators and contributors as was done almost two years ago and any additional funds received will be put towards that.
Thanks for your consideration, and most of all thanks for reading WUWT.
Donations gratefully accepted: here
The goal has been met, and exceeded, and I am forever grateful to those who have been so very kind to help in this endeavor. The kindness on display has been both overwhelming and humbling. – Anthony
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Have a good trip.
Say Hi to Pete & Mikey for me 😉
Lady in Red:
You can use PayPal to run a credit card. AFAIK, you still need a paypal account to do this, but it’s relatively trivial to get. You just need a valid email, and it doesn’t obligate you for anything else…
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Done, thanks for everything Anthony.
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If they have a costume party, go as a freshly-painted Stevenson screen.
Uh oh! SFO may not have drinking water by the time you get there. My advice is to repair to the hotel bar and make heavy play amongst the distilled spirits.
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Don’t the awards count for anything as a journalist?
–Bad News
For truth, justice, and the American way.Please tell them to stop burning our food for fuel.
Sent a little bit, wish it could be more. Keep up the good work, Anthony! Looking forward to your report.
Modest contribution from a senior citizen who really appreciates what you’re doing to prevent his grandchildren being condemned to a life of green taxed poverty!
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Anthony, if You ever need a bed in Hamburg, Germany, it would be a pleasure to be Your host.
Anthony
I’ve just posted 20usd your way for this and do so without any compunction as I know it’s for a justified cause.
May I ask that you post for all out here an auditable breakdown of the contributions so as to pre-empt those who will make sneering accusations concerning your funding. I also say this because you must have many silent supporters like me and there is a distinct likelihood that your expenses will be met several times over. If so, a summary of the contributions might just relay to all those on the other side the true extent of the support you have from us ordinary, concerned individuals.
All the best.
Done – and thanks Anthony, finally got a PayPal account…
Done & done.
Done. Loved that video you posted where you gave a very good summary and were able to say, “watts up, docs?”
Done with pleasure. Thank you for pursuing the truth.
Glad to help.
The infuriating thing about these conference fees is that we’ve all paid taxes to indirectly subsidize these trips for people like Mann, then have to pay again just to try and obtain some balance.
I really wish there were a way to take those tax dollars and direct them to researchers and institutions of our choice. Same thing should happen with education funding in general.
Call it “taxpayer directed spending”.
A ton on its way via Paypall – thanks for all your efforts.
Done. I was inspired by having just waded through Mann’s crocodile tear filled book on ‘Climate Wars’ etc, in which he constantly claims the whole climate change skeptic case is financed by Big Oil.
Keep up the good work Anthony.
Okay, there ya go. Money well spent. Take notes and pictures. And thanks for all the time you put in on this site!
done . . . appreciate what you do, how you do it and just because you do it.
Done, I love the reference pages.
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Someone earlier mentioned a not-for-profit. As a CPA skeptic, I would donate my services to filing the necessary paperwork. Although, that is only part of what would be necessary (board of directors, officers, treasury, etc.) and I would recommend a more “tax friendly” state outside CA. Contact me offline if interested.