Political Science
Mr. James Hansen, the NASA scientist silenced by Shrub and Co., again shows the discerning reader that "killer cars" and unmitigated industry are on the prowl . Think anyone will listen?
posted by George W. Bush at 1:29 PM
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I agree that there is no real solution offered in this piece, the general point I was trying to make by posting this was that his ideas on Global Warming were being censored from the public by our Cowboy in Chief.
You aptly stated that:
"the newer, fancier name for global warming since apparently 99.9 out 100 scientists say there are affects, but their not sure what direction it will really go"
I concur with this. It is a monumental task to accurately predict the future of climate change, what is he supposed to say? Stop driving? Stop using the electric supplied to you by the coal fired power plants? This stuff has been ingrained in our country's infra-structure, I don't think it is an easy task. Any solution not advocating a phase out of gasoline engines is merely a band aid.
I may be wrong, but isn't there already a cap and trade with coal powered plants?
Like terror, climate change is an abstract threat. Wouldn't you also agree that 99.9 out of 100 policy makers believe that terrorism is a significant threat to our well being? As with GWarming there is no certain way to determine what direction the terror will go? Where they will attack next? This uncertaintly didn't seem to phase our Gmen.
The war on climate change has to start somewhere, something needs to be done.
"At 2.50 a gallon, I'm still ok with driving my SUV (especially since I get pleasure from pissing folks off because I drive an SUV)."
I keep trying to tell the Cajun that an El Camino with an aluminum cap he spot welded on isn't really an SUV, but economists always know better...
Cajun: "one needs to start somewhere, but CAFE type standards won't get us very far..."
But they will get us started, right? Is it the long-term nature of this proposed solution that caused Cajun to cancel his Nation subscription and curse liberals forever?
These are big problems, requiring big solutions. Even if the starting point of every liberal's proposals is the knee-jerk reaching for government mandates, it still beats in spades the starting point of every conservative's proposals, which is to excoriate liberals for their pie in the sky attitudes.
Solving big problems involves taking the high ground, brainstorming, compromise, and action. The conservative movement's approach to environmental problems is to either ignore them, or attack the source, usually by painting with a broad, dismissive brush (ie, "the Nation and their ilk"). You can see how well this approach works in effecting policy solutions by observing the tactics of the Republican leadership currently in power - just look at their long list of fantastic results they've achieved in tackling big problems.
Don't worry about your typos, Cajun - you write very well. Why not put your more constructive ideas about The Energy Problem to paper, and submit them for publication to the Nation? They're always looking for good ideas, clearly communicated. If liberal-bashing is more to your taste than constructive debate, there are scores of publications which would oblige you on that count.
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