The new normal: After I challenged warmist Ken Caldeira about his "Emitting greenhouse gases is the equivalent of mugging little old ladies" claim, he tries to back away from the claim, then blocks me on Twitter

Twitter / tan123: @KenCaldeira If "Emitting ...

@KenCaldeira If "Emitting greenhouse gases is the equivalent of mugging little old ladies", why do you fly to Australia? #greensgobyair

Twitter / KenCaldeira: @tan123 We will not save the ...

@tan123 We will not save the planet by telling people not to eat toast. We must make sure the toaster is powered by carbon-neutral energy.

Twitter / tan123: @KenCaldeira So when YOUR actions ...

@KenCaldeira So when YOUR actions cause CO2 emissions, that's not like mugging little old ladies; it's other people who are the problem?

Twitter / KenCaldeira: @tan123 It would be better ...

@tan123 It would be better if you respond to entire discussion instead of one half-quote taken out of context. See Kolbert New Yorker 2006.

2006:  What's our target for the rate of mugging little old ladies? | DeSmogBlog

[Ken Caldeira] "If you're talking about mugging little old ladies, you don't say, 'What's our target for the rate of mugging little old ladies?' You say, 'Mugging little old ladies is bad, and we're going to try to eliminate it.' You recognize you might not be a hundred per cent successful, but your goal is to eliminate the mugging of little old ladies. And I think we need to eventually come around to looking at carbon-dioxide emissions the same way."