Comments on: Shit storm over Copenhagen http://sedgemore.com/2009/12/shit-storm-over-copenhagen/ journalist and science writer Tue, 07 Feb 2012 13:12:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Francis Sedgemore - Climate denialism as anti-politics http://sedgemore.com/2009/12/shit-storm-over-copenhagen/comment-page-1/#comment-4683 Francis Sedgemore - Climate denialism as anti-politics Thu, 03 Dec 2009 13:26:16 +0000 http://sedgemore.com/?p=5946#comment-4683 [...] are of course exceptions to this rule, but far too few of them. To my mind we need more Jim Hansens and David Nutts – – i.e., people unafraid to speak out, even at the risk of going over the top [...] [...] are of course exceptions to this rule, but far too few of them. To my mind we need more Jim Hansens and David Nutts – – i.e., people unafraid to speak out, even at the risk of going over the top [...]

]]> By: Jim Monk http://sedgemore.com/2009/12/shit-storm-over-copenhagen/comment-page-1/#comment-4660 Jim Monk Tue, 01 Dec 2009 20:26:22 +0000 http://sedgemore.com/?p=5946#comment-4660 A North American term, to be sure. Yet according to this <a href="http://www.worldwidewords.org/weirdwords/ww-boo1.htm" rel="nofollow">reference</a> it first appeared in print in Punch, a British publication. A North American term, to be sure. Yet according to this reference it first appeared in print in Punch, a British publication.

]]> By: Francis Sedgemore http://sedgemore.com/2009/12/shit-storm-over-copenhagen/comment-page-1/#comment-4656 Francis Sedgemore Tue, 01 Dec 2009 18:06:23 +0000 http://sedgemore.com/?p=5946#comment-4656 That's a fantastic word, "boondoggle". I wish there were something similar in the English language. That’s a fantastic word, “boondoggle”. I wish there were something similar in the English language.

]]> By: Jim Monk http://sedgemore.com/2009/12/shit-storm-over-copenhagen/comment-page-1/#comment-4653 Jim Monk Tue, 01 Dec 2009 15:33:08 +0000 http://sedgemore.com/?p=5946#comment-4653 While I disagree with Hansen, and you, about the urgency of your cause, I also admire the man, and look forward to reading his book. I think Hansen is correct that cap and trade, at least as envisioned by the US congress, is a boondoggle. I'd support a carbon tax, for reasons of conservation, but my fellow Canadians decisively turned down that idea in our last federal election. While I disagree with Hansen, and you, about the urgency of your cause, I also admire the man, and look forward to reading his book.

I think Hansen is correct that cap and trade, at least as envisioned by the US congress, is a boondoggle. I’d support a carbon tax, for reasons of conservation, but my fellow Canadians decisively turned down that idea in our last federal election.

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