Comments on: Public Opinion on Obama’s International Priorities http://cstpr.colorado.edu/prometheus/?p=4894 Wed, 29 Jul 2009 22:36:51 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: jae http://cstpr.colorado.edu/prometheus/?p=4894&cpage=1#comment-11617 jae Wed, 21 Jan 2009 20:46:32 +0000 http://sciencepolicy.colorado.edu/prometheus/?p=4894#comment-11617 Since it would be political suicide to propose serious carbon taxes during this economic crisis, about the only actions I see happening is more bloviating by the liberals and environmental-extremists and MANY more peer-reviewed "scientific" papers on how "climate change" is causing every negative phenomenon known to mankind. Like kidney disease: http://www.numberwatch.co.uk/warmlist.htm One that links cancer to AGW is probably imminent. OOps, that has already been done: http://www.numberwatch.co.uk/cancer%20list.htm Since it would be political suicide to propose serious carbon taxes during this economic crisis, about the only actions I see happening is more bloviating by the liberals and environmental-extremists and MANY more peer-reviewed “scientific” papers on how “climate change” is causing every negative phenomenon known to mankind. Like kidney disease: http://www.numberwatch.co.uk/warmlist.htm One that links cancer to AGW is probably imminent. OOps, that has already been done: http://www.numberwatch.co.uk/cancer%20list.htm

]]> By: Roger Pielke, Jr. http://cstpr.colorado.edu/prometheus/?p=4894&cpage=1#comment-11616 Roger Pielke, Jr. Wed, 21 Jan 2009 20:01:34 +0000 http://sciencepolicy.colorado.edu/prometheus/?p=4894#comment-11616 solman- Well, climate change is 2nd or 3rd or 4th or the list, the government takes all sorts of actions on topics at a lower priority than 2nd, 3rd, or4th. Consider that the "other category" includes topics that (each) received a lower ranking and included Iraq, Afghanistan, Itaq, all of which will receive political attention. Simply being on this list means that the subject has plenty of political support for action. But again, the real question is "what action"? solman-

Well, climate change is 2nd or 3rd or 4th or the list, the government takes all sorts of actions on topics at a lower priority than 2nd, 3rd, or4th. Consider that the “other category” includes topics that (each) received a lower ranking and included Iraq, Afghanistan, Itaq, all of which will receive political attention. Simply being on this list means that the subject has plenty of political support for action. But again, the real question is “what action”?

]]> By: solman http://cstpr.colorado.edu/prometheus/?p=4894&cpage=1#comment-11615 solman Wed, 21 Jan 2009 16:37:30 +0000 http://sciencepolicy.colorado.edu/prometheus/?p=4894#comment-11615 Eyeballing the graph, it looks like 3-4% of US respondents answered "Tackling the threat of climate change" How do you go from that to: "Climate change receives considerable support as well, certainly enough for action to occur."? Eyeballing the graph, it looks like 3-4% of US respondents answered “Tackling the threat of climate change”

How do you go from that to: “Climate change receives considerable support as well, certainly enough for action to occur.”?

]]> By: docpine http://cstpr.colorado.edu/prometheus/?p=4894&cpage=1#comment-11614 docpine Wed, 21 Jan 2009 14:39:18 +0000 http://sciencepolicy.colorado.edu/prometheus/?p=4894#comment-11614 Seems to me that there have got to be things that are good for the economy AND good for the climate. Renewable energy technology(for mitigation) projects to restore our rivers (for adaptation), tree planting projects (for mitigation). This is not an "either or" but rather a challenging "and" for all of us. Perhaps we could discuss a "top ten" economic fixes or tweaks that will also help mitigation or adaptation? Seems to me that there have got to be things that are good for the economy AND good for the climate. Renewable energy technology(for mitigation)
projects to restore our rivers (for adaptation), tree planting projects (for mitigation).
This is not an “either or” but rather a challenging “and” for all of us. Perhaps we could discuss a “top ten” economic fixes or tweaks that will also help mitigation or adaptation?

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