A Constructive Approach on Energy? - NYTimes.com

But I find it hard to reconcile the group’s financial support for Climate Depot with its rhetorical embrace of Richard Smalley’s vision of a sustainable energy future — which was premised on an inevitable transition away from carbon-rich fuels and included a modest tax on liquid fuels.

Smalley also was crystal clear about the need to speed the shift from energy choices that produce greenhouse gases for the sake of limiting risks of disruptive warming:

Most people who bother to read the literature about global warming agree that 750 [parts per million, or ppm, of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere] will produce a major change in the global climate. Even 550 ppm is probably high enough to kill all the coral reefs on the planet.