Again: Of COURSE we'll commit to miracles happening long after we're safely retired or dead: World politicians want tough 2050 climate cuts

Still, De Boer said a distant 2050 goal was not irrelevant, for instance to an investor considering building a high polluting coal-fired power plant.

"If I was walking my trolley through the supermarket about to buy a power station and knew that governments of the world are aiming for minus 50 percent by 2050 I know that it would influence my purchasing choice," he said.

The Associated Press: Ice on wings becomes main focus in Montana crash

WASHINGTON (AP) — Speculation over the crash of a single-engine turboprop plane into a cemetery shifted to ice on the wings Monday after it became less likely that overloading was to blame, given that half of the 14 people on board were small children.
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Safety experts said similar icing condition existed when a Continental Airlines twin-engine turboprop crashed into a home near Buffalo Niagara International Airport last month, killing 50.

Hey, Carl Pope: Can we see a list of scientists who specifically endorse this 2050 stuff, along with the specific calculations "they" allegedly used to come up with the 1.2 billion tons figure?

But if coal-fired utilities continue to emit their current 2 billion tons of carbon dioxide, it will be impossible to meet the climate goals that scientists say are essential. (By 2050 total U.S. emissions from all sources cannot exceed 1.2 billion tons, so if coal utilities keep emitting 2 billion tons a year, the rest of the economy collides with climate goals long before that, regardless of what Congress decrees. You just can't make the least-efficient third of the carbon inventory off-limits.)