HabaneroBuck: in light of the fact that Inhofe is stunningly uninformed regarding the latest climate science, why should I care what he claims? His whole argument is “it costs money.” Waxman, on the other hand, pointed out that this is a business opportunity. Why defend the expenses of the buggy-whip makers?
Incidentally, the problem here is that the slope is sharply upward, and it will take a long, long time (decades? centuries?) to reverse course even if we suddenly drop CO2 production to low levels now. Dropping temperature .015 sounds pretty good by that standard.
mdavis: higher.
HabaneroBuck: in light of the fact that Inhofe is stunningly uninformed regarding the latest climate science, why should I care what he claims? His whole argument is “it costs money.” Waxman, on the other hand, pointed out that this is a business opportunity. Why defend the expenses of the buggy-whip makers? Incidentally, the problem here is that the slope is sharply upward, and it will take a long, long time (decades? centuries?) to reverse course even if we suddenly drop CO2 production to low levels now. Dropping temperature .015 sounds pretty good by that standard. mdavis: higher.