Monday, December 14, 2009

Wonk Room » Bill McKibben At Copenhagen: I Went To Church And Cried. Then I [decided to enjoy a refreshing CO2-laced drink produced and cooled via fossil fuels]
This afternoon I sobbed for an hour, and I’m still choking a little...Pass the Diet Coke, fire up the laptop, grab the cellphone.
Henrik Svensmark - [temporarily dead yesterday on Wikipedia]
Henrik Svensmark (born 1958 - died 13. december 2009) is a physicist at the Danish National Space Center in Copenhagen
The In Box: Battling climate change with high tech, not hair shirts
I, for one, am absolutely convinced that global warming is real, with dire consequences. But have I changed my behavior much?

Nope.

I know quite a few passionate environmentalists.

Even they remain pretty sanguine about their families' multiples cars, long-distance air flight vacations, and other carbon belching indulgences.
Copenhagen climate change talks thrown into chaos - Climate Change, Environment - The Independent
Talks on combating climate change were thrown into chaos in Copenhagen today as developing countries refused to take part until rich nations agree to increase their efforts to cut greenhouse gas emissions.
Copenhagen climate change conference in pictures: Day eight | Environment | guardian.co.uk
Danish people try out bicycles being set up to produce electricity in the centre of Copenhagen. It isn't easy getting Italy's city dwellers out of their Fiats, off their Vespa scooters and on to bicycles to ride to work like here in Copenhagen, says an Italian official during the climate summit
If Climategate Is No Big Deal, Why Are Questions About It Met With An Armed Response?
The boilerplate response on behalf of the guardians of the global warming scam is to claim that the climategate scandal holds no significance whatsoever. If warmists really are that laid back over the whole controversy then why are questions about it by accredited journalists met with an armed response from UN thugs?

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