Comments on: ASLA wrap-up on House IPCC hearings http://cstpr.colorado.edu/prometheus/?p=4127 Wed, 29 Jul 2009 22:36:51 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: kevin v http://cstpr.colorado.edu/prometheus/?p=4127&cpage=1#comment-8452 kevin v Mon, 26 Feb 2007 15:37:56 +0000 http://sciencepolicy.colorado.edu/prometheusreborn/?p=4127#comment-8452 Kit - thanks for the first-hand update. It aligns with my perception of the mood on the Hill in the R camp w.r.t. climate change. Kit – thanks for the first-hand update. It aligns with my perception of the mood on the Hill in the R camp w.r.t. climate change.

]]> By: JamesG http://cstpr.colorado.edu/prometheus/?p=4127&cpage=1#comment-8451 JamesG Sat, 24 Feb 2007 09:08:50 +0000 http://sciencepolicy.colorado.edu/prometheusreborn/?p=4127#comment-8451 Susan Solomon: "90% chance global warming is caused by human activity" Regardless of how much CO2 contributes, this 90% statistic seems pretty "black-and-white" to me. What is the percentage level of the guesswork in arriving at this number? Susan Solomon: “90% chance global warming is caused by human activity”

Regardless of how much CO2 contributes, this 90% statistic seems pretty “black-and-white” to me. What is the percentage level of the guesswork in arriving at this number?

]]> By: John G. Bell http://cstpr.colorado.edu/prometheus/?p=4127&cpage=1#comment-8450 John G. Bell Sat, 24 Feb 2007 02:52:07 +0000 http://sciencepolicy.colorado.edu/prometheusreborn/?p=4127#comment-8450 Mr. Vranes, Rep. Rohrabacher, a name new to me, probably meant to say that he knows of hundreds of scientists that reject the idea that harmful global warming is caused by humans. If you would like to look at the names of more than a thousand PhDs that reject this global warming theory visit http://www.oism.org/pproject/pproject.htm#333 . I was up to about 180 PhDs in the As alone. Those are only a drop in the bucket of the scientists that reject AGW theory. Keep on thinking. Mr. Vranes,
Rep. Rohrabacher, a name new to me, probably meant to say that he knows of hundreds of scientists that reject the idea that harmful global warming is caused by humans. If you would like to look at the names of more than a thousand PhDs that reject this global warming theory visit http://www.oism.org/pproject/pproject.htm#333 . I was up to about 180 PhDs in the As alone. Those are only a drop in the bucket of the scientists that reject AGW theory. Keep on thinking.

]]> By: Kit Stolz http://cstpr.colorado.edu/prometheus/?p=4127&cpage=1#comment-8449 Kit Stolz Fri, 23 Feb 2007 23:59:21 +0000 http://sciencepolicy.colorado.edu/prometheusreborn/?p=4127#comment-8449 Not all the Republicans on the committee questioned the findings. In fact, with the exception of Rohrabacker, who alluded to "dinosaur flatulence" in his remarks about past epochs, most of the Republicans I saw in two+ hours (including Roscoe Bartlett, Vernon Ehlers, and Mario Diaz-Balart) welcomed the findings, asked good questions, and in general looked eager to distance themselves from skeptics. Both parties must find ways to get past knee-jerk reactions if we hope to find solutions. I was actually encouraged by what I saw in this first hearing, although I agree that any bill regulating carbon emissions will be fiercely contested...which is why some pundits (such as "The New Republic," this week) are calling for the Democrats to hold off until 2008. Not all the Republicans on the committee questioned the findings. In fact, with the exception of Rohrabacker, who alluded to “dinosaur flatulence” in his remarks about past epochs, most of the Republicans I saw in two+ hours (including Roscoe Bartlett, Vernon Ehlers, and Mario Diaz-Balart) welcomed the findings, asked good questions, and in general looked eager to distance themselves from skeptics.

Both parties must find ways to get past knee-jerk reactions if we hope to find solutions. I was actually encouraged by what I saw in this first hearing, although I agree that any bill regulating carbon emissions will be fiercely contested…which is why some pundits (such as “The New Republic,” this week) are calling for the Democrats to hold off until 2008.

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