SocraticGadfly: Corporatization of universities diminishes confidence in their results

April 27, 2007

Corporatization of universities diminishes confidence in their results

A Stanford prof recently published a study saying ethanol could have more ozone problems than gasoline. Problems, though? Yes.

ExxonMobil has given $100 million to fund Stanford's Global Climate and Energy Program. True, the ethanol study wasn’t funded by that money, but Exxon and co-funders, including Toyota, have five-year exclusive rights to the program’s discoveries. Mark Jacobson claims he exposes what E-M stands for, but what if the XX starts pulling back some of that $100 million?

No comments: