New York Syndrome? « Green Hell Blog

I sense a new Wikipedia entry coming:

New York syndrome is a psychological response hoped for by global warming alarmists, in which a socialist U.S. President is pressured to advocate more intensely for international socialism, regardless of the global-economic-destruction-for-no-environmental-gain that is likely to occur.

Can $9 Billion Really Stop Global Warming for Another 100 Years? | ecopolitology

What’s the best way for humanity to reduce suffering from man-made global warming? Political scientist Bjorn Lomborg, author of The Skeptical Environmentalist and Cool It! has long been a vocal proponent of applying rational cost-benefit analysis to the climate problem. Criticized by some for being too economically deterministic, Lomborg agrees there is a global warming problem but disagrees with most thinkers about the best ways to address it. Watch as lomborg discusses the latest iteration of his ongoing project to reframe the climate debate with Reason magazine science correspondent Ronald Bailey.

Roger Pielke Jr.'s Blog: Much Ado About Very Little

I am afraid that Mr. Birol is kidding himself if he thinks that the 2008 recession will make future emissions reductions efforts "much less difficult." In fact, because the recent recession likely led to the plucking of much "low-hanging fruit" in the global energy economy, it would not be surprising to see rates of decarbonization much lower than 2008 starting in 2009.

Why should we believe that 2008 different is any different than 1981?

Will climate change cause water wars? Will Waxman-Markey enhance U.S. energy security? No and No. |  Marlo Lewis

Waxman-Markey will not take us “beyond petroleum.” Instead, it will make gasoline more costly to consumers while making America more dependent on imported petroleum products.