The Great Simplifier strikes again: Revkin quotes a guy who compares the threat of trace amounts of CO2 in the air to the threat of having our heads blown off with .44 Magnums

Straight Talk on Climate Progress in California and Beyond - Revkin - NYTimes.com

I also asked [warmist Nate Lewis] to characterize the views of those opposing any action to constrain emissions. He replied with an allusion to “Dirty Harry“:

This is much more a question of, “Do you feel lucky, punk?” with the Earth. If you want to roll the dice you do what you’re doing. And I think it’s pretty interesting that the people who call themselves by label, quote, “conservatives,” are the big gamblers here. And the people that want to see the planet the way we got it from our parents and theirs and keep it the way it is are called the nonconservatives in this particular debate.

Dirty Harry (1971) - Memorable quotes

Harry Callahan:
I know what you're thinking. "Did he fire six shots or only five?" Well, to tell you the truth, in all this excitement I kind of lost track myself. But being as this is a .44 Magnum, the most powerful handgun in the world, and would blow your head clean off, you've got to ask yourself one question: Do I feel lucky? Well, do ya, punk?

Flashback: Warmist Revkin tries to simplify things for us: You know what emitting trace amounts of CO2 is like? It's like driving like a complete idiot with a busload of kids' lives on the line