[yoe]

But Dr. Hansen said that nothing in 30 years equaled the push made since early December to keep him from publicly discussing what he says are clear-cut dangers from further delay in curbing carbon dioxide.

Carbon dioxide is one of the main reasons 'earth' is 'earth'; I don't know what Dr. Hansen means by 'curbing' CO2 as we can't live without it. His obsession about carbon dioxide is worrisome……..

[frankjr]

Must be a slow news day at the Times.

[samtheman]

Do tinfoil hats protect against carbon dioxide?

[right right]

Why let someone spew bad info. I'm still cold from the ice age we just experienced back in the late 70's was it??

[Tarpon]

I feed CO2 to my trees. For some reason, they seem to love the stuff. Maybe we should try and find out if moonbats will eat it.

[xcamel]

Check his bank accounts for any big deposits...

[maica]

Carbon dioxide is one of the main reasons 'earth' is 'earth';

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Thanks for writing that. I am astounded at how much that fact is kept unspoken, so that the latest fearmonger can get face time. The cycle of life relates to the ball we live on as well as to the beings that live on it.

[Jeffrey_D.]

I read somewhere that the largest contributer to rising CO2 levels is the oceans, due to deep sea volcanic activity.....which is "warming" the oceans.
Anyone else ???

[Lord Basil]

The scientist, James E. Hansen, longtime director of the agency's Goddard Institute for Space Studies, said in an interview that officials at NASA headquarters had ordered the public affairs staff to review his coming lectures, papers, postings on the Goddard Web site and requests for interviews from journalists.

Sorry, buddy, but all my official slides, papers, postings on Web sites, etc. had to be reviewed before release when I worked at a government facility. It's SOP. When they said you couldn't release info., you couldn't release info.

[fizziwig]

I am a lot more worried about dihydrogen oxide. It is ubiquitous in our water supply and yet nobody is saying anything about it. Apparently big business has everyone terrified to speak up.

[dhuffman@awod.com]

Hansen's appeal to the demotic masses is that of a hysterical demogogue[sic, demos needs to be more used] rather than responsible. There is much doubt about the effect of anthropogenic glow-bull warning in the scientific community. Here are The Science Wars in daily life. Democracy is the rule of fools by fools.

[Tax Government]

Hansen et al. seek to create histeria, as a pretext for increased government control of the economy.

[Malleus Dei]

"He added that government scientists were free to discuss scientific findings, but that policy statements should be left to policy makers and appointed spokesmen."

And that's standard policy for such people in such positions. This guy needs to shut up and sit down. Alternatively, if he wants to talk about political issues that badly then he needs to quit his government job first, then he can talk all that he wants.

He just can't use his government job for a bully pulpit.

[HuntsvilleTxVeteran]

When I see someone listed as an Expert, I think the following.

Expert, break it down to syllables.
EX = has been
Spurt = drip under pressure

[MilleniumBug]

Dr. Hansen said next he plans to lead a space mission to capture all the dangerous and radical carbon dioxide molecules and imprison them in Hansen's soda pop cans.

[Always Right]

He said the restrictions on Dr. Hansen applied to all National Aeronautics and Space Administration personnel. He added that government scientists were free to discuss scientific findings, but that policy statements should be left to policy makers and appointed spokesmen.

Chain of command 101. Little DU-type twerps think they are President.

[DarthVader]

Hansen is nothing more than a bad scientist trying to justify his existence and not have to face the budget knife.

These idiots assume that the atmosphere is some kind of static environment where no kind of chemical changes take place. They are wrong because it is dynamic and constantly changing. They totally seem to ignore the 2nd Law of Thermodynamics.

[marron]

Don't demonize this guy; he's with Nasa. Nasa lives with the knowledge that Mars is heating up, that the martian ice caps have been shrinking for years now, and now has the burden of trying to do something about before its too late.

We have to transfer more of our industries to China, we have to sign Kyoto, we have to get Bush out of the White House before he destroys the entire known universe. Its not just about us anymore, we're talking the whole solar system here. People, wake up.

[verity]

"has tried to stop him from speaking out"

That sounds like a line from a X file script.

[hinckley buzzard]

James Hansen is a notorious example of what happens when science is Lysenko-ized. His personal political agenda has long overridden any semblance of scientific prudence. I suspect this latest outburst is just the last straw for an exasperated management

[EGPWS]

The top climate scientist at NASA says the Bush administration has tried to stop him from speaking out since he gave a lecture last month calling for prompt reductions in emissions of greenhouse gases linked to global warming.

Perhaps because an over zealous liberal fanatic spewing doom and gloom without a "pot to p!ss in" to back it up, is considered a public nuisance.