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[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WHh-C84mCSY]Scientists Defend $682,570 Taxpayer Funded 'Shrimp On A Treadmill'.mp4 - YouTube[/ame]
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Outrageous, There are so many other things our tax dollars could have went too..
Scientists want money to develop a thing called GPS. We don't need that we already have maps.
Money for a thing called the internet. It will never lead to anything.
If thats the attitude you guys have we might be looking at another Dark Ages.
I think studying shrimp on a treadmill is a huge waste of taxpayer's money. However, shrimp on a trampoline might be a worthwhile study.
I think studying shrimp on a treadmill is a huge waste of taxpayer's money. However, shrimp on a trampoline might be a worthwhile study.
'Shrimp On A Treadmill' And The Politics Of 'Silly' Science Studies : NPR
Burnett says the senator's report linked that work to a half-million-dollar research grant. But that money actually went to a lot of different research that he and his colleagues did on this economically important seafood species.
The treadmills were just a small part of it, a way to measure how shrimp respond to changes in water quality. Burnett says the first treadmill was built by a colleague from scraps and was basically free, and the second was fancier and cost about $1,000. The senator's report was misleading, says Burnett, "and it suggests that much money was spent on seeing how long a shrimp can run on a treadmill, which was totally out of context."
My best TM impersonation:
Why do you hate shrimp?
As ladyliberal already pointed out, the money used for the "shrimp on a treadmill" study was just a small portion of a much larger grant. I'm no scientist, so I'm not going to try and explain the science behind the study; but you can be rest assured that it was a legit study, and not merely to see how shrimp behave on a treadmill. Get your facts straight before faux-outraging.
'Shrimp On A Treadmill' And The Politics Of 'Silly' Science Studies : NPR
Burnett says the senator's report linked that work to a half-million-dollar research grant. But that money actually went to a lot of different research that he and his colleagues did on this economically important seafood species.
The treadmills were just a small part of it, a way to measure how shrimp respond to changes in water quality. Burnett says the first treadmill was built by a colleague from scraps and was basically free, and the second was fancier and cost about $1,000. The senator's report was misleading, says Burnett, "and it suggests that much money was spent on seeing how long a shrimp can run on a treadmill, which was totally out of context."
As ladyliberal already pointed out, the money used for the "shrimp on a treadmill" study was just a small portion of a much larger grant. I'm no scientist, so I'm not going to try and explain the science behind the study; but you can be rest assured that it was a legit study, and not merely to see how shrimp behave on a treadmill. Get your facts straight before faux-outraging.
'Shrimp On A Treadmill' And The Politics Of 'Silly' Science Studies : NPR
Burnett says the senator's report linked that work to a half-million-dollar research grant. But that money actually went to a lot of different research that he and his colleagues did on this economically important seafood species.
The treadmills were just a small part of it, a way to measure how shrimp respond to changes in water quality. Burnett says the first treadmill was built by a colleague from scraps and was basically free, and the second was fancier and cost about $1,000. The senator's report was misleading, says Burnett, "and it suggests that much money was spent on seeing how long a shrimp can run on a treadmill, which was totally out of context."
why? Because a mouth breather like you says it was, immediately after stating you are not a scientist?
I remember when Republicans laughed at money being spent trying to find out why the honeybees were disappearing. Over 15 billion dollars in crops only happen due to honeybee pollination and Republicans were calling it a waste of money.
Jindal Versus The Volcano
With Monday's massive volcano eruption in Alaska likely to leave Anchorage and Gov. Sarah Palin's hometown covered in ash, a Democratic strategist sends over the reminder that just a month and a half ago, another up-and-coming Republican star, Gov. Bobby Jindal, mocked the very notion of volcano monitoring.
Speaking in the non-State of the Union rebuttal, the Louisiana Republican said that instead of spending $140 million "for something called 'volcano monitoring,'" Congress "should be monitoring is the eruption of spending in Washington, D.C."
It was a comment not well received among geological experts and one that now seems to pit Jindal against Palin on a minor but important spending provision.
Then and now, the U.S. Geological Survey, which will receive the stimulus money for volcano monitoring, had been keeping track of several active volcanoes across the Pacific Northwest, Hawaii and, of course, Alaska.
And the agency's efforts seemed to pay off. As early as February 6, indeed, residents of cities near Mt. Redoubt were preparing for a volcano eruption because of information gleaned from early monitoring systems. As reported by USA Today, taxicab drivers were replacing air filters more frequently and local citizens began purchasing dust masks and preparing to be stuck inside their homes for lengthy periods of time.