Bill,
You made some good points in describing the events surrounding your attempts
to present a "balanced" picture. However, I am dismayed to read the
following excerpt in your e-mail:
"Sorry, I didn't really intend to get off on this, but in a nutshell: I
was the editor for the Alabama Geological Society Newsletter for about 6
months in ~1995. I wanted to foster open debate/discussion about my
favorite topic (origin of coal), so I invited Steve Austin (PhD in
Geology from Penn State) to write an article presenting his view that
coal consists of transported organics. I also innocently invited Bob
Gastaldo (geology professor at Auburn University at the time) to submit a
parallel article presenting evidence supporting his view that coal
consists of in situ organics."
You give Steve Austin's credentials as "PhD in Geology from Penn State"
while you list Bob Gastaldo's affiliation at the time (Auburn U.) Why not
be consistent and either give the affiliation of both, or give their
credentials? This is just one example of what I find objectionable in much
of the writing of advocacy groups. IMHO, this sort of thing distracts from
the message.
Chuck Vandergraaf
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