Wednesday, April 08, 2009

Alarmist Tom Friedman: - Show Us the Ball - NYTimes.com
Since the opponents of cap-and-trade are going to pillory it as a tax anyway, why not go for the real thing — a simple, transparent, economy-wide carbon tax?
"Global warming" has been discredited
“"Global warming" has been discredited, so now that phrase has been dropped in favor of "climate change." As if the globe has ever had a stable climate. I wish we could have a rational debate based on sound argument instead of injecting politics, fear and junk science.”
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With global warming becoming the buzzword, gardening is seen as an emerging career option now. Previously, gardening was just another hobby, but now it's seen as a lucrative career offering the option of working indoors as well.
Idaho Mountain Express: Don’t trample sensitive ecosystems [in response to the global warming scam]
As the U.S. tries to reduce the climate change spurred by the warming of the atmosphere because of increasing carbon dioxide emissions from burning fossil fuels, alternative forms of energy production will be necessary.

And yet, it doesn't make sense to trample sensitive ecosystems in the new rush to develop alternative energies. It would be an oxymoronic case of destroying the Earth in order to save it.

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