On the Relative Contribution of Carbon Dioxide to the Earth’s Greenhouse Effect « Roy Spencer, Ph. D.

Doubling of atmospheric CO2 (which will probably happen by late in this century) enhances the Earth’s greenhouse effect by about (1/33=) 3%.

China Shows the Way? - Planet Gore - National Review Online

An article Drew Thornley recently noted in this space — “China blacks out towns to meet energy goal” — makes clear the costs of embracing the energy diet prescribed by those in the grip of global-warming fever. I and others have argued that the only way to reduce carbon absolutely, as opposed to per capita, is to restrict energy use with the result that factories will be shuttered, people will put out of work, and the general welfare will decline.

China, being still mostly a planned economy, can act directly to do this. One wonders if the Obama adminstration and the Pelosi-led Congress wish they had that power.

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