Most professors I know are not professors because of the money. These are usually the people who were the best students and as such could have found nice jobs in other sectors.
And do you really think they would have difficulty getting funding for climate research contradicting the current consensus?
> And do you really think they would have difficulty getting funding for climate research contradicting the current consensus?
Indeed, as BEST showed.
edit: erm... why the downvotes? I was giving an example of a climate research study from the "climate change skeptic" side and funded in no small part by the Charles G. Koch Foundation, not exactly a proponent of anthropogenic global warming.
And do you really think they would have difficulty getting funding for climate research contradicting the current consensus?