tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12339127.post2914240157512242536..comments2024-01-13T01:17:55.325-06:00Comments on Tom Nelson: NY Times: "the world's only structure for curbing greenhouse gas emissions appears about to crumble"Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08119241500221931600noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12339127.post-74356955816319397552011-10-10T15:54:11.475-05:002011-10-10T15:54:11.475-05:00Sir...there are a thousand research articles on CO...Sir...there are a thousand research articles on CO2 since AR4.<br />Nearly all say CO2 is improving the productive capacity of plants, say crops and forests...in the last 70 years...<br />Controlling CO2 is fruitless...but<br />controlling sulfur, nitrogen oxides, mercury, etc. is desirable.<br />Vern CornellVACornellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02967383252904765391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12339127.post-51360471242789962772011-10-10T14:30:01.101-05:002011-10-10T14:30:01.101-05:00What Anonymous said! (12:16 PM 10-10-11): America ...What Anonymous said! (12:16 PM 10-10-11): America is no longer the the "largest" so we get ... "world's largest historic carbon emitter"<br /><br />The need to be Special, to live in Exciting and Special Times, is what this foolishness is all about. If the US is not the greatest polluter on Earth, then the focus should be directed - at least in part - elsewhere. Which is out of "our" control, and diminishes the power that "we", the Special People, have.<br /><br />So let's drag up "historic" to define our infamy. Perhaps we could revert to slavery days to explain how cotton produced by slavery initiated the CO2 pollution of the world. Make our crimes, our guilt and shame so great that we can forever claim the moral high ground in our struggles - even if ineffective or mistargeted! For Special People go the extra distance. And will surely be rewarded by fevered appreciation of the next generation, if not in the eyes of the Lord (our favoured outcome).<br /><br />As soon as the Western Greens recognize that their moral fibres are not the cause, key and solution to changing the world, the Cause will collapse. They will be diminished and forced to skulk away as children found whining about not getting their way.<br /><br />If they can't be captain, will the Greens still want to play ball?Doug Proctorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16005942844872308880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12339127.post-30298896965553803552011-10-10T12:16:13.917-05:002011-10-10T12:16:13.917-05:00America is no longer the the "largest" s...America is no longer the the "largest" so we get ... "<b>world's largest historic carbon emitter</b>"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com