IPCC member argues that we should go green for economic reasons

Since that "C02 is going to kill your grandchildren" argument isn't working, Bill Moomaw tries something else:

Delray Beach Green Task Force members push the green lifestyle -- South Florida Sun-Sentinel.com

Bill Moomaw, who is the director of the Center for International Environment and Resource Policy at Tufts University's Fletcher School, agrees. He sees the uncertain economic climate and high energy prices as an opportunity.

"The bad financial situation can make people and municipalities realize that going green is in their economic interest," he said. "And by the way that change can help green your house and green your city."

Moomaw was part of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change that shared the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize with Al Gore for sounding the alarm about global warming. He said doing things as simple as replacing traffic lights with energy-efficient fixtures could save a city thousands in energy and labor.

"People get discouraged when they think there's nothing they can do and here is something they can do," Moomaw said. "People may object to global warming but this is about lowering the costs of operations, less waste on the landfill ... It's kind of hard for someone to object to all of those things."

By the way, is it possible that the IPCC was never actually composed of 2,500 leading climatologists? According to this, Moomaw is more of a policy guy who's a technical advisor to an outfit that sells carbon offsets.