Will a top down solution ever deal with global warming?

And global warming is wicked, in the sense that it is hard to get our arms and minds around the scope, causes and sometimes even the right definitions. Global warming is likely to have 'clumsy solutions' that will be controversial, shotgun-like as opposed to a scalpel approach. It will require us to learn things we don't really want to know, mostly about ourselves and how we practice politics, in my opinion.

Hot Air » Blog Archive » Poll: Obama slipping further on economy

Rasmussen’s new poll, taken before the release of June’s unemployment numbers, shows significant slippage for Barack Obama on the economy, his central issue. Only 42% of American voters give him excellent or good marks on handling the economy, the lowest ratings he has yet received. His personal approval rate has fallen to 53%, and the “passion index” has dropped to -2

Killing Coal - Henry Payne - Planet Gore on National Review Online

Detroit, Mich. — From California (see Rep. McClintock below) to Michigan, the Green Church is slowly, silently strangling cheap electricity generation in the U.S.

Under pressure from Greens, Northern Michigan University this week canceled its permit to build a 10-megawatt coal-fired power plant at its Marquette campus. The planned cogeneration plant received its permit over a year ago but construction was on hold thanks to a lawsuit by the anti-coal Sierra Club of Michigan.

January '08 Audio: Obama Tells SF Chronicle He Will Bankrupt Coal Industry | NewsBusters.org

[Obama] So if somebody wants to build a coal-powered plant, they can; it's just that it will bankrupt them because they're going to be charged a huge sum for all that greenhouse gas that's being emitted.