Comments on: Tell us How You Really Feel http://cstpr.colorado.edu/prometheus/?p=5227 Wed, 29 Jul 2009 22:36:51 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Maurice Garoutte http://cstpr.colorado.edu/prometheus/?p=5227&cpage=1#comment-13917 Maurice Garoutte Tue, 19 May 2009 18:52:56 +0000 http://sciencepolicy.colorado.edu/prometheus/?p=5227#comment-13917 If the authors of the cap and trade bill have the same motives and ethics as Roger then indeed they are stunningly stupid. However, if the chairmen of powerful House committees get their positions by a high level of understanding of the acquisition and use of power, then they must not share Roger’s motives and certainly not his ethics. Here’s a good mind game: Imagine that Waxman and Markey have your level of understanding of the science of Global Warming and deduce their motives for drafting that bill. Then calm down. If the authors of the cap and trade bill have the same motives and ethics as Roger then indeed they are stunningly stupid. However, if the chairmen of powerful House committees get their positions by a high level of understanding of the acquisition and use of power, then they must not share Roger’s motives and certainly not his ethics.

Here’s a good mind game: Imagine that Waxman and Markey have your level of understanding of the science of Global Warming and deduce their motives for drafting that bill. Then calm down.

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