Comments on: Global Warming Denial in the Senate: The Latest Chapter http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/realitybase/2008/07/03/global-warming-denial-in-the-senate-what-does-not-kill-us-now-gets-politicized-until-it-kills-us-later/ A blog about science, politics, and how to let each help the other without compromising them both. Thu, 08 Jan 2009 05:16:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: Gavin Craig http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/realitybase/2008/07/03/global-warming-denial-in-the-senate-what-does-not-kill-us-now-gets-politicized-until-it-kills-us-later/#comment-28 Gavin Craig Fri, 04 Jul 2008 11:49:46 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/realitybase/2008/07/03/global-warming-denial-in-the-senate-what-does-not-kill-us-now-gets-politicized-until-it-kills-us-later/#comment-28 This is scary! This is scary!

]]> By: Brad Arnold http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/realitybase/2008/07/03/global-warming-denial-in-the-senate-what-does-not-kill-us-now-gets-politicized-until-it-kills-us-later/#comment-26 Brad Arnold Fri, 04 Jul 2008 06:35:02 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/realitybase/2008/07/03/global-warming-denial-in-the-senate-what-does-not-kill-us-now-gets-politicized-until-it-kills-us-later/#comment-26 "Way too little and way too late," runs the refrain, followed by the claim that nothing less than an 80% reduction in emissions by the year 2050 will suffice – what I call the "80 by 50" target. Both Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama have endorsed it. John McCain is not far behind, calling for a 65% reduction...By the year 2050, the Census Bureau projects that our population will be around 420 million. This means per capita emissions will have to fall to about 2.5 tons in order to meet the goal of 80% reduction. It is likely that U.S. per capita emissions were never that low – even back in colonial days when the only fuel we burned was wood. The only nations in the world today that emit at this low level are all poor developing nations, such as Belize, Mauritius, Jordan, Haiti and Somalia." --"The Real Cost of Tackling Climate Change," WSJ There is a very inexpensive simple way to immediately cool the Earth: just put a small amount of aerosol into the air to dim the sun. We won't be able to stop rapid ecosystem collapse without geoengineering. “Way too little and way too late,” runs the refrain, followed by the claim that nothing less than an 80% reduction in emissions by the year 2050 will suffice – what I call the “80 by 50″ target. Both Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama have endorsed it. John McCain is not far behind, calling for a 65% reduction…By the year 2050, the Census Bureau projects that our population will be around 420 million. This means per capita emissions will have to fall to about 2.5 tons in order to meet the goal of 80% reduction. It is likely that U.S. per capita emissions were never that low – even back in colonial days when the only fuel we burned was wood. The only nations in the world today that emit at this low level are all poor developing nations, such as Belize, Mauritius, Jordan, Haiti and Somalia.” –”The Real Cost of Tackling Climate Change,” WSJ

There is a very inexpensive simple way to immediately cool the Earth: just put a small amount of aerosol into the air to dim the sun. We won’t be able to stop rapid ecosystem collapse without geoengineering.

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