Lomborg: Don’t cripple the tigers

Decades of talks have failed to make any impact on carbon emissions. Expecting China and India to make massive emission cuts for little benefit puts the Copenhagen meeting on a sure path to being another lost opportunity. Yet, at the same time, the Chinese and Indian challenge could be the impetus we need to change direction, end our obsession with reducing emissions, and focus instead on research and development, which would be smarter and cheaper – and would actually make a difference.

EurActiv.com - Another interview with fraudster/IPCC chief Pachauri

[Q] A high-level scientific climate conference concluding in Copenhagen on 12 March warned that the worst-case scenario predicted by the IPCC is presently unfolding. Is it this your view too?

[A] It is very difficult to come to that conclusion on the basis of two or three years of observations [since the IPCC’s fourth assessment was published in 2007]. It is entirely possible, but I don’t think I can say it categorically. I think we need a little bit more time to look at all the evidence.

We hope that by the time the IPCC’s fifth assessment report comes out, we will be in a position to take a balanced and well-founded view on this matter.

George F. Will - Climate Change and Compact Fluorescent Lightbulbs - washingtonpost.com

Worrywarts wonder what will happen when a lazy or careless, say, 10 percent of 300 million Americans put their worn-out bulbs in the trash. Stop worrying. What do you think? That Congress, architect of the ethanol industry and designer of automobiles, does not think things through?