[Our man in washington]

I’m in the minority on FR in that I think global warming is potentially a serious problem. I’ve read the alarmists and the skeptics and see we might very well have a problem.

So what to do about it? Well, we saved the whales from extinction in the 19th century by inventing the electric light bulb. Technological solutions are probably the best approach. So far, the only thing that has gotten the U.S. to make a serious dent in carbon dioxide emissions is natural gas fracking.

I would suggest a one billion dollar prize for a technological breakthrough. Cheaper solar panels, thorium reactors, energy from the jet stream, whatever.
It’s a lot cheaper than pretty much every other solution people are offering, with a lot more upside.

[Paradox]

I think there are a handful of us who, while skeptical of the Religion of Global Warming, do feel that CO2 increases in the atmosphere could lead to some bad things.

I too think that Technology could lead us out of any potential problems, however.

[palmer]

Well even if global warming was a problem it was solved a long time ago with A/C unless the ecofacists decide that A/C is forbidden. There will be some consequences when Greenland's ice melts hundreds of years from now. While we wait for that we can use our technology to improve everyone's life and deal with the extra water in various ways.

Meanwhile, the longest period on record without a major U.S. landfalling hurricane continues. I remember when we used to have major hurricanes before global warming made them go away...

[VeniVidiVici]

I would suggest a one billion dollar prize for a technological breakthrough. Cheaper solar panels, thorium reactors, energy from the jet stream, whatever. It’s a lot cheaper than pretty much every other solution people are offering, with a lot more upside.

You don't get it. They don't WANT TO SOLVE THE "PROBLEM!" And they certainly don't want a technology-based solution.

The only solution they'll accept is a massive return to an agrarian existence with huge cuts in the human population.

[wjcsux]

I would suggest a one billion dollar prize for a technological breakthrough. Cheaper solar panels, thorium reactors, energy from the jet stream, whatever. It’s a lot cheaper than pretty much every other solution people are offering, with a lot more upside.
Thorium reactors are feasable, the rest is crap.