“Its scientifically proven…” Ever heard that? ========== The idea that “Climate science is settled” runs through today’s popular and policy discussions. Unfortunately, that claim is misguided. It has not only distorted our public and policy debates on issues related to energy, greenhouse-gas emissions and the environment. But it also has inhibited the scientific and policy discussions that we need to have... Read more
Archive for the ‘Global Warming’ Category
Whatever Happened to Global Warming?
September 12 | Posted by mrossol | Global WarmingOne of my prior supervisors used to say: “When you’re explaining, you are losing.” I think it applies here. ==== By Matt Ridley Sept. 4, 2014 7:20 p.m. ET On Sept. 23 the United Nations will host a party for world leaders in New York to pledge urgent action against climate change. Yet leaders from China, India and Germany have already announced that... Read more
A Climate Activist Bags Himself
July 8 | Posted by mrossol | Environment, Global WarmingFor my friends on the left – the right is not the only ‘camp’ with ‘duds’. ============= In “The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber,” a Hemingway story, a man goes big game hunting who should have stayed home. Tom Steyer maybe should have stayed home. The hedge-fund king has sought to propel himself to the top circle of Democratic money men and... Read more
Birth of a Climate Mafia
July 2 | Posted by mrossol | Global Warming, Science, Tax Issues===== July 1, 2014 6:40 p.m. Holman Jenkins Can something good come from a U.S. splurge of climate pork that, in itself, would have no discernible effect on global climate or atmospheric carbon dioxide? A probable answer is no. It would actually end up making our putative carbon challenge worse. But Paul Krugman and others say a carbon tax is politically impossible,... Read more
A Constitutional Tutorial for Obama [and EPA]
June 24 | Posted by mrossol | Global Warming, Liberal Press, ObamaHmm. The President of the United States of America… vowes to uphold and defend the constituation, as well as all the laws of this country. ======== The Obama Administration’s abuse of executive power is emerging as this Supreme Court term’s defining theme, and on Monday the Justices applied some basic constitutional law to the White House’s anticarbon agenda. In Utility Air Regulatory Group... Read more
Smaller Faster Lighter Denser Cheaper
May 22 | Posted by mrossol | Economics, Global Warming, Science, Technology“To compel the switch from fossil fuels to wind and solar power is to consign billions of people to a life of poverty and darkness.” Sounds like an interesting book. =============== Book Review: ‘Smaller Faster Lighter Denser Cheaper’ by Robert Bryce Reviewed by Arthur Herman May 21, 2014 7:01 p.m. ET At the heart of the computer revolution is Moore’s law, named after Intel’s INTC -0.19%... Read more
