Quote of the day
In the context of President Bush's call to do something about climate change in 2050 (hey, why not make 3050 the deadline?):
"We do not endorse global carbon trading," White House spokeswoman Dana Perino told reporters before Bush's speech.
So much for the political feasibility of cap-and-trade ... unless the key word is global.
And here is another quote of the, er, day:
"We're the world's leader when it comes to figuring out new ways to power our economy and be good stewards of the environment," Bush said.
No, this is the quote of the day:
"To assume that it is a problem is to assume that the state of Earth's climate today is the optimal climate, the best climate that we could have or ever have had and that we need to take steps to make sure that it doesn't change," Griffin said. "I guess I would ask which human beings — where and when — are to be accorded the privilege of deciding that this particular climate that we have right here today, right now is the best climate for all other human beings. I think that's a rather arrogant position for people to take."
Posted by: joshua corning | May 31, 2007 at 03:09 PM
Of course this is a BushCo appointee, so naturally the FUD talk.
And we note that ideologues cling to statements by engineers restating the false canard "warming is good for you! rather than listening to social scientists, anthropologists, or climatologists.
Best,
D
Posted by: Dano | May 31, 2007 at 03:36 PM
I'd venture to say that the key word in the opposition to global carbon trading is "global."
It's clear that a domestic carbon trading scheme still has a lot more support in Washington than a carbon tax.
Posted by: Bates | May 31, 2007 at 10:27 PM
Reading what Josh put relating to the quote he read:
""To assume that it is a problem is to assume that the state of Earth's climate today is the optimal climate, the best climate that we could have or ever have had and that we need to take steps to make sure that it doesn't change," Griffin said. "I guess I would ask which human beings — where and when — are to be accorded the privilege of deciding that this particular climate that we have right here today, right now is the best climate for all other human beings. I think that's a rather arrogant position for people to take.""
Made me think OMG
Now we're going to spend time debating on what sort of climate we'd like or prefer etc.....
This lack of a straight line at times does more harm than good.....
Posted by: Mark C R UK | June 02, 2007 at 11:01 AM