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the latest from no-good-news-week
Posted on 09/04/2007 2:01:58 PM PDT by fgoodwin
We in the news business often enlist in moral crusades. Global warming is among the latest. Unfortunately, self-righteous indignation can undermine good journalism. Last week's NEWSWEEK cover story on global warming is a sobering reminder. It's an object lesson of how viewing the world as "good guys vs. bad guys" can lead to a vast oversimplification of a messy story. Global warming has clearly occurred; the hard question is what to do about it.
The global-warming debate's great un-mentionable is this: we lack the technology to get from here to there. Just because Arnold Schwarzenegger wants to cut emissions 80 percent below 1990 levels by 2050 doesn't mean it can happen. At best, we might curb emissions growth.
Consider a 2006 study from the International Energy Agency. With present policies, it projected that carbon-dioxide emissions (a main greenhouse gas) would more than double by 2050; developing countries would account for almost 70 percent of the increase. The IEA then simulated an aggressive, global program to cut emissions based on the best available technologies: more solar, wind and biomass; more-efficient cars, appliances and buildings; more nuclear. Under this admitted fantasy, global emissions in 2050 would still slightly exceed 2003 levels.
But the overriding reality seems almost un-American: we simply don't have a solution for this problem. As we debate it, journalists should resist the temptation to portray global warming as a morality tale—as NEWSWEEK did—in which anyone who questions its gravity or proposed solutions may be ridiculed as a fool, a crank or an industry stooge. Dissent is, or should be, the lifeblood of a free society.
(Excerpt) Read more at msnbc.msn.com ...
Uh, no it isn't. Even in their retraction, they show they are still clueless.
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This isn't about global warming. It's about oil dependency turned upside down to fit an agenda. Drill in Alaska damn it and along the shores. Strip mine, utilize our forests BEFORE they burn...then replant in groves.
Good Lord, these people are insufferable.
The cargo cult goes on... Please CO2 gods, don’t burn us up!
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But the overriding reality seems almost un-American: we simply don't have a solution for this problem.Quibble -- execution of global warming demagogues would solve the problem.
LOL! I told you, sacrifice Hansen to the volcano-gods and this GW rubbish would stop...
The YouTube footage could be called, “James Versus the Volcano”. ;’)
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