Sri Lanka says open trade could counter climate change
“Simple math demonstrates that the average taxes (including duties) on gasoline and diesel in virtually every developed country exceed the average U.S. EPA’s (over)estimated global social cost of carbon now and through 2025 (at least). In fact, motorists in most European countries already pay taxes in excess of the upper bound estimate of the social cost of carbon through the middle of this century.”
“Scientists know that they will get jumped on as soon as they make an attribution — especially one related to global warming, where there is a huge crew of contrarians standing by ready to jump on them,” Hansen said.
Still, Hansen argues, the evidence is unequivocal
Roger Revelle's 1980 Discussion of CO2 and Climate Risks - NYTimes.com
Part two describes what was clear about carbon dioxide’s impacts and energy trends 40 years ago, but also the “morass of uncertainties,” many of which remain unclear today
Neil Wagner: Climate Science: The X's and O's of CO2
Climate scientists also write books for general consumption. Enter acclaimed climate scientist Michael E. Mann, the guest star of today's What on Earth comic strip. Mann's book, The Hockey Stick and the Climate Wars, lays out the science, the certainties and the uncertainties in climate science today.
...Climate science sounds to me like provable scientific principles that are stringently reviewed by panels of experts. With all due respect to the Chamber of Commerce, I'll look to climate scientists for global warming updates.
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