Like that time Exxon tried to argue that lead additives in gasoline were not at all harmful and that the research showing the dangers of lead were simply the results of scientists with an agenda? Yes, clearly Exxon's track record is spotless.

So you're one of those reeeally young earth creationists...

Hubble's constant is a measure of how the expansion velocity (in units of kilometers per second) of the universe changes with an object's distance from us (in units of megaparsecs), yielding units of km/s/Mpc. It is improper to simply cancel the distance units which would leave you with units of frequency (i.e., inverse seconds).

Another example in astronomy is the unit given to monochromatic flux, which typically has units of Joules/meter^2/second/Hertz. Note that the unit has both seconds and Hertz. Now, one may naively simply cancel Hertz and seconds, leaving the unit as Joules/meter^2, but this is wrong. Monochromatic flux measures the energy (in Joules) passing through an area (in square meters) in a given time interval (in seconds) of light of a specific frequency (in Hertz). Seconds and Hertz are measuring different quantities and cannot be cancelled when dealing with monochromatic flux.

The actual cost is closer to $15,000 an hour, given the telescope cost over $700 million and is designed to operate for 5 years before it runs out of coolant. Elliot Spitzer's hobby is cheaper...