Some blog followers might be interested in a discussion list post “Re: James Hansen’s ‘Too Little, Too Late? Oops?’ ” [Hake (2014)]. The abstract reads:
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ABSTRACT: Climate scientist James Hansen (2014) http://bit.ly/omiMY3, in his report “Too Little, Too Late? Oops??” at http://bit.ly/1m15lmz wrote (paraphrasing):
“Many queries received: is Obama's climate effort ‘too little, too late?’ Closely related query: are we at an ‘oops’ moment, a realization that we have pushed the climate system too far, so consequences such as ice sheet disintegration and large sea level rise are now out of our control? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
The answer re ‘too little?’ is obvious from the fact that governments, ours included, are allowing and encouraging industry to go after every fossil fuel that can be found. Rather than dwelling on that fact, let's consider the action needed to avoid ‘too late’.
Citizens Climate Lobby http://citizensclimatelobby.org/ just released a study ‘The Economic, Climate, Fiscal, Power, and Demographic Impact of a National Fee-and-Dividend Carbon Tax.’ A 3-page summary by Danny Richter is at http://bit.ly/1ypEENy.
According to their comprehensive analysis of the impacts of a carbon fee-and-dividend (CF&D) in the United States, with 100% revenue distribution of the money to the public in equal shares as direct payments: the fee would start at $10/ton of CO2 and increase $10/ton each year; 100% of the revenue is returned to households, equal amounts to all legal residents. This approach spurs the economy, increasing the number of jobs by 2.1 million in 10 years. Emissions decrease 33% in 10 years, 52% in 20 years.
Contrary to the wails of fossil-fuel-industry kingpins, the fossil fuel CF&D stimulates the economy, modernizes infrastructure and saves 13,000 lives per year via improved air quality. GDP increases, with fee-and-dividend causing a cumulative GDP increase of $1.375 trillion.
Why do these results differ from previous studies concluding that a carbon tax would be costly? The main reason is that other studies do not have 100% recycling of funds to the public; instead part of the money is taken as a tax, to increase the size of government.”
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REFERENCES [URL shortened by http://bit.ly/ and accessed on 20 June 2014.]
Hake, R.R. 2014. “Re: James Hansen’s ‘Too Little, Too Late? Oops?’ ” Post of 20 Jun 2014 09:08:40 -0700 to AERA-L and Net-Gold. Online on the OPEN! AERA-L archives at http://bit.ly/1w3Arx1. The abstract and link to the complete post are being transmitted to several discussion lists.
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Friday, June 20, 2014
Wednesday, February 26, 2014
Reich, McKibbon, & Hansen: Three Academicians Who Have Spoken Out on Social Issues
Some blog followers might be interested in a discussion-list post “Reich, McKibbon, & Hansen: Three Academicians Who Have Spoken Out on Social Issues” [Hake (2014)]. The abstract reads:
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In response to my post “Re: Professors We Need You!” [Hake (2014)] at http://bit.ly/1hw62E1 regarding Nicholas Kristof’s “Professors, We Need You!” at http://nyti.ms/1oIs7jD and “Bridging the Moat Around Universities at http://nyti.ms/1kOp8Wi, Christopher Green of the TIPS list responded at http://bit.ly/1dZrWfA [slightly edited; my URLs]:
“Kristof missed the boat on this one. If [Kristof] wants to know why professors are reluctant to enter public debate, he needs to address the quality of public debate in the US political arena. Both the governor of Wisconsin http://bit.ly/1c5FUrS and attorney general of Virginia http://bit.ly/NftpnE have recently used the powers of their offices to investigate and threaten the livelihoods of professors who opposed their political agendas (labor unions and climate change, respectively). [Politicians] have essentially demanded that professors NOT bring their expertise to bear on public debate and professors, understandably, have mostly complied.”
Thankfully, not ALL academicians have complied, e.g.:
(a) UC-Berkeley's Robert Reich http://bit.ly/1fga1Tm, an outspoken champion of labor unions http://bit.ly/1c8scER and tireless critic of income and wealth inequality – see e.g., Beyond Outrage http://amzn.to/1ebN6CI;
(b) Middlebury College’s Bill McKibbon http://bit.ly/1fhrKKb who has been lobbying for action to deter climate change for over two decades – see e.g. The End of Nature http://amzn.to/1p1wIgN and consider his organization http://350.org/;
(c) Columbia’s James Hansen (2010, 2014) http://bit.ly/omiMY3 who alerted the world to anthropogenic global warming in 1981 http://nyti.ms/1gwHUMm. In a recent draft Renewable Energy, Nuclear Power, and Galileo: Do Scientists Have a Duty to Expose Popular Misconceptions? http://bit.ly/1goLfgs, Hansen rebuffs 4 widespread misconceptions: human life is endangered by nuclear power; renewable energy sources alone are sufficient; killing nuclear would make the world safer; and renewable energy is cheaper and faster than nuclear power. Below I quote Hansen at some length because: (1) nuclear power is so controversial; and (2) so doing allows me to insert references, hot-links, and comments.
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Richard Hake, Emeritus Professor of Physics, Indiana University; Honorary Member, Curmudgeon Lodge of Deventer, The Netherlands; President, PEdants for Definitive Academic References which Recognize the Invention of the Internet (PEDARRII); LINKS TO: Academia http://bit.ly/a8ixxm; Articles http://bit.ly/a6M5y0; Blog http://bit.ly/9yGsXh; Facebook http://on.fb.me/XI7EKm; GooglePlus http://bit.ly/KwZ6mE; Google Scholar http://bit.ly/Wz2FP3; Linked In http://linkd.in/14uycpW; Research Gate http://bit.ly/1fJiSwB; Socratic Dialogue Inducing (SDI) Labs http://bit.ly/9nGd3M; Twitter http://bit.ly/juvd52.
REFERENCES [URL shortened by http://bit.ly/ and accessed on 26 Feb 2014.]
Hake, R.R. 2014. “Reich, McKibbon, & Hansen: Three Academicians Who Have Spoken Out on Social Issues,” online on the OPEN! AERA-L archives at http://bit.ly/1k9QuX5.The abstract and link to the complete post are being transmitted to several discussion lists.
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In response to my post “Re: Professors We Need You!” [Hake (2014)] at http://bit.ly/1hw62E1 regarding Nicholas Kristof’s “Professors, We Need You!” at http://nyti.ms/1oIs7jD and “Bridging the Moat Around Universities at http://nyti.ms/1kOp8Wi, Christopher Green of the TIPS list responded at http://bit.ly/1dZrWfA [slightly edited; my URLs]:
“Kristof missed the boat on this one. If [Kristof] wants to know why professors are reluctant to enter public debate, he needs to address the quality of public debate in the US political arena. Both the governor of Wisconsin http://bit.ly/1c5FUrS and attorney general of Virginia http://bit.ly/NftpnE have recently used the powers of their offices to investigate and threaten the livelihoods of professors who opposed their political agendas (labor unions and climate change, respectively). [Politicians] have essentially demanded that professors NOT bring their expertise to bear on public debate and professors, understandably, have mostly complied.”
Thankfully, not ALL academicians have complied, e.g.:
(a) UC-Berkeley's Robert Reich http://bit.ly/1fga1Tm, an outspoken champion of labor unions http://bit.ly/1c8scER and tireless critic of income and wealth inequality – see e.g., Beyond Outrage http://amzn.to/1ebN6CI;
(b) Middlebury College’s Bill McKibbon http://bit.ly/1fhrKKb who has been lobbying for action to deter climate change for over two decades – see e.g. The End of Nature http://amzn.to/1p1wIgN and consider his organization http://350.org/;
(c) Columbia’s James Hansen (2010, 2014) http://bit.ly/omiMY3 who alerted the world to anthropogenic global warming in 1981 http://nyti.ms/1gwHUMm. In a recent draft Renewable Energy, Nuclear Power, and Galileo: Do Scientists Have a Duty to Expose Popular Misconceptions? http://bit.ly/1goLfgs, Hansen rebuffs 4 widespread misconceptions: human life is endangered by nuclear power; renewable energy sources alone are sufficient; killing nuclear would make the world safer; and renewable energy is cheaper and faster than nuclear power. Below I quote Hansen at some length because: (1) nuclear power is so controversial; and (2) so doing allows me to insert references, hot-links, and comments.
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Richard Hake, Emeritus Professor of Physics, Indiana University; Honorary Member, Curmudgeon Lodge of Deventer, The Netherlands; President, PEdants for Definitive Academic References which Recognize the Invention of the Internet (PEDARRII); LINKS TO: Academia http://bit.ly/a8ixxm; Articles http://bit.ly/a6M5y0; Blog http://bit.ly/9yGsXh; Facebook http://on.fb.me/XI7EKm; GooglePlus http://bit.ly/KwZ6mE; Google Scholar http://bit.ly/Wz2FP3; Linked In http://linkd.in/14uycpW; Research Gate http://bit.ly/1fJiSwB; Socratic Dialogue Inducing (SDI) Labs http://bit.ly/9nGd3M; Twitter http://bit.ly/juvd52.
REFERENCES [URL shortened by http://bit.ly/ and accessed on 26 Feb 2014.]
Hake, R.R. 2014. “Reich, McKibbon, & Hansen: Three Academicians Who Have Spoken Out on Social Issues,” online on the OPEN! AERA-L archives at http://bit.ly/1k9QuX5.The abstract and link to the complete post are being transmitted to several discussion lists.
Wednesday, June 12, 2013
Why Democrats in Congress Fail To Support Climate Change Legislation #3
Some blog followers might be interested in a recent post “Why Democrats in Congress Fail To Support Climate Change Legislation #3” [Hake (2013)]. The abstract reads:
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ABSTRACT: In my discussion-list post “Senator Sheldon Whitehouse - Time to Wake Up: GOP Opposition to Climate Science” at http://yhoo.it/100EVIY I wrote: “Unfortunately, Democrats in Congress are almost as unenlightened as Republicans.”
In response, a subscriber wrote to me: “In case anyone missed this excellent dissection of climate science opposition, here's why Demos are apparently ‘unenlightened’: [‘Frontline - Climate of Doubt’ (PBS, 2012)] at http://to.pbs.org/192dOxE.”
I list the ALL-STAR cast and their online resumés: 19 Believers in Anthropogenic Global Warming and 20 Doubters of Anthropogenic Global Warming..
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Richard Hake, Emeritus Professor of Physics, Indiana University
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“. . .American politics is being completely defined by huge sums of money. [In 2008] we had really a very broad coalition of people who believed that we ought to move forward [on climate change legislation] and do something. But as the [2012} campaign and the fear built up, people began to retreat. [Conservative organizations] spent huge sums of money in a campaign of major disinformation. . . . . .[[My italics]]. . . . that had a profound impact. And it has now made many people in public life very gunshy because they're afraid of having those amounts of money spent against them. . . . . .There's nothing like a loss in an election . . . . [[as for Bob Ingliss of South Carolina, defeated by BIG $$ from conservative organizations]]. . . . to promote fear in the survivors. And that's exactly what happened in the United States Congress."
- John Kerry, transcript PBS (2012)
REFERENCES [URL's shortened by http://bit.ly/ and accessed on 12 June 2013.]
Hake, R.R. 2013. “Why Democrats in Congress Fail To Support Climate Change Legislation #3” online on the OPEN! Net-Gold archives at http://yhoo.it/11fWHTG. Post of 12 Jun 2013 13:12:52-0700 to AERA-L and Net-Gold. The abstract and link to the complete post are being distributed to various discussion lists.
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ABSTRACT: In my discussion-list post “Senator Sheldon Whitehouse - Time to Wake Up: GOP Opposition to Climate Science” at http://yhoo.it/100EVIY I wrote: “Unfortunately, Democrats in Congress are almost as unenlightened as Republicans.”
In response, a subscriber wrote to me: “In case anyone missed this excellent dissection of climate science opposition, here's why Demos are apparently ‘unenlightened’: [‘Frontline - Climate of Doubt’ (PBS, 2012)] at http://to.pbs.org/192dOxE.”
I list the ALL-STAR cast and their online resumés: 19 Believers in Anthropogenic Global Warming and 20 Doubters of Anthropogenic Global Warming..
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Richard Hake, Emeritus Professor of Physics, Indiana University
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Academia: http://bit.ly/a8ixxm
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“. . .American politics is being completely defined by huge sums of money. [In 2008] we had really a very broad coalition of people who believed that we ought to move forward [on climate change legislation] and do something. But as the [2012} campaign and the fear built up, people began to retreat. [Conservative organizations] spent huge sums of money in a campaign of major disinformation. . . . . .[[My italics]]. . . . that had a profound impact. And it has now made many people in public life very gunshy because they're afraid of having those amounts of money spent against them. . . . . .There's nothing like a loss in an election . . . . [[as for Bob Ingliss of South Carolina, defeated by BIG $$ from conservative organizations]]. . . . to promote fear in the survivors. And that's exactly what happened in the United States Congress."
- John Kerry, transcript PBS (2012)
REFERENCES [URL's shortened by http://bit.ly/ and accessed on 12 June 2013.]
Hake, R.R. 2013. “Why Democrats in Congress Fail To Support Climate Change Legislation #3” online on the OPEN! Net-Gold archives at http://yhoo.it/11fWHTG. Post of 12 Jun 2013 13:12:52-0700 to AERA-L and Net-Gold. The abstract and link to the complete post are being distributed to various discussion lists.
Sunday, June 9, 2013
Senator Sheldon Whitehouse - Time to Wake Up: GOP Opposition to Climate Science
Some blog followers might be interested in a recent post “Senator Sheldon Whitehouse - Time to Wake Up: GOP Opposition to Climate Science” [Hake (2013)]. The abstract reads:
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ABSTRACT: Orlo Stitt (2013) of the Physoc list has called attention to Senator Sheldon Whitehouse’s speech “Time to Wake Up: GOP Opposition to Climate Science” at http://1.usa.gov/13mbZsV. Therein Whitehouse says:
(1) “How wise is it for the Republican Party to wed itself to the deniers and proclaim that climate change is a hoax?”
(2) “I’m willing to do a carbon pollution fee that sets the market in balance, and returns every single dollar to the American people. No new agencies. No new taxes. No bigger government. Every dollar back. Just a balanced market, with the costs included in the price, which will make better energy choices, increase jobs, and prevent pollution."
In my opinion, regarding:
“1”: Whitehouse is correct in asserting that the Republican Party has “wed itself to the [climate change] deniers.” At http://bit.ly/11p423a are the quotes of 23 Senators (all Republicans, 50% of the 46 Republicans in the Senate) and 81 Congressmen (all Republicans, 35% of the 234 Republicans in the House) who deny the deleterious effects of anthropomorphic climate change. Their uninformed statements indicate their appalling science illiteracy and that of the voters who elected them.
Unfortunately, Democrats in Congress are almost as unenlightened as Republicans - see “Few Democrats In Congress Support Capps Climate Legislation” (IT, 2013) at http://bit.ly/13NDgn3 - hence Hansen's (2013) proposal at http://huff.to/13gcjcR for a new “American Party.”
“2”: Whitehouse is in the economically sagacious company of: (a) conservatives George Schultz and Gary Becker (2013) in “Why We Support a Revenue-Neutral Carbon Tax” at http://bit.ly/11ZoaOr; and (b) James Hansen (2013) in “The Courage to Fight Climate Change” [Hansen & Romm (2013)] at http://bit.ly/12djtSf.
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Richard Hake, Emeritus Professor of Physics, Indiana University
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“Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber.”
-Worthy of - but misattributed http://bit.ly/13hZKMD to - Plato (427-347 BC)
REFERENCES [URL’s shortened by http://bit.ly/ and accessed on 09 June 2013.]
Hake, R.R. 2013. “Senator Sheldon Whitehouse - Time to Wake Up: GOP Opposition to Climate Science” online on the OPEN! Net-Gold archives at http://yhoo.it/100EVIY. Post of 8 Jun 2013 19:40:10-0700 to AERA-L and Net-Gold. The abstract and link to the complete post are being distributed to various discussion lists.
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ABSTRACT: Orlo Stitt (2013) of the Physoc list has called attention to Senator Sheldon Whitehouse’s speech “Time to Wake Up: GOP Opposition to Climate Science” at http://1.usa.gov/13mbZsV. Therein Whitehouse says:
(1) “How wise is it for the Republican Party to wed itself to the deniers and proclaim that climate change is a hoax?”
(2) “I’m willing to do a carbon pollution fee that sets the market in balance, and returns every single dollar to the American people. No new agencies. No new taxes. No bigger government. Every dollar back. Just a balanced market, with the costs included in the price, which will make better energy choices, increase jobs, and prevent pollution."
In my opinion, regarding:
“1”: Whitehouse is correct in asserting that the Republican Party has “wed itself to the [climate change] deniers.” At http://bit.ly/11p423a are the quotes of 23 Senators (all Republicans, 50% of the 46 Republicans in the Senate) and 81 Congressmen (all Republicans, 35% of the 234 Republicans in the House) who deny the deleterious effects of anthropomorphic climate change. Their uninformed statements indicate their appalling science illiteracy and that of the voters who elected them.
Unfortunately, Democrats in Congress are almost as unenlightened as Republicans - see “Few Democrats In Congress Support Capps Climate Legislation” (IT, 2013) at http://bit.ly/13NDgn3 - hence Hansen's (2013) proposal at http://huff.to/13gcjcR for a new “American Party.”
“2”: Whitehouse is in the economically sagacious company of: (a) conservatives George Schultz and Gary Becker (2013) in “Why We Support a Revenue-Neutral Carbon Tax” at http://bit.ly/11ZoaOr; and (b) James Hansen (2013) in “The Courage to Fight Climate Change” [Hansen & Romm (2013)] at http://bit.ly/12djtSf.
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Richard Hake, Emeritus Professor of Physics, Indiana University
Links to Articles: http://bit.ly/a6M5y0
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Academia: http://bit.ly/a8ixxm
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Twitter: http://bit.ly/juvd52
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“Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber.”
-Worthy of - but misattributed http://bit.ly/13hZKMD to - Plato (427-347 BC)
REFERENCES [URL’s shortened by http://bit.ly/ and accessed on 09 June 2013.]
Hake, R.R. 2013. “Senator Sheldon Whitehouse - Time to Wake Up: GOP Opposition to Climate Science” online on the OPEN! Net-Gold archives at http://yhoo.it/100EVIY. Post of 8 Jun 2013 19:40:10-0700 to AERA-L and Net-Gold. The abstract and link to the complete post are being distributed to various discussion lists.
Monday, June 3, 2013
Would a Carbon Tax Save Life on Planet Earth?
Some blog followers might be interested in a recent post “Would a Carbon Tax Save Life on Planet Earth?” [Hake (2013)]. The abstract reads:
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ABSTRACT: James Hansen, former head of the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, in "The Courage to Fight Climate Change" at http://bit.ly/12djtSf wrote: “We must have a simple, honest, across-the-board carbon fee collected from the fossil fuel companies at the small number of domestic mines and ports of entry. All of that money should be distributed to the public-100 percent of it - with equal amounts going to all legal residents.”
A Google http://www.google.com/ search for “Carbon Tax” turned up 4,210,000 hits at http://bit.ly/153PQQV on 03 June 10:30-0700, including the Wikipedi entries on “Carbon Tax” at http://bit.ly/118dUBp and on “Emissions Control” at http://bit.ly/15tshjV. In my opinion: (a) The more important hits are listed in the over twenty references in the REFERENCE list in the complete post at http://yhoo.it/16ECfUn, and (b) the most important hits are these six:
(1) “The Courage to Fight Climate Change” [Hansen & Romm (2013)] at http://bit.ly/12djtSf,
(2) “The People vs. Cap-and-Trade” [Hansen (2010b)] at http://bit.ly/17OhN3w,
(3) “The American Party” [Hansen (2013)] at http://huff.to/13gcjcR,
(4) “Herman Daly on Carbon Fees and Tax Shifting” [Gravitas (2011)] at http://bit.ly/1aTHNH3,
(5) “Sanders, Boxer Propose Climate Change Bills” [Sanders (2013a)] at http://1.usa.gov/12oSeUT,
(6) “Effects of a Carbon Tax on the Economy and the Environment” [CBO (2013)] at http://1.usa.gov/13y4MF6.
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Richard Hake, Emeritus Professor of Physics, Indiana University
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Academia: http://bit.ly/a8ixxm
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REFERENCES [URL's shortened by http://bit.ly/ and accessed on 03 June 2013.]
Hake, R.R. 2013. "Would a Carbon Tax Save Life on Planet Earth?" online on the OPEN! Net-Gold archives at http://yhoo.it/16ECfUn. Post of 03 Jun 2013 12:34:27-0700 to AERA-L and Net-Gold. The abstract and link to the complete post are being distributed to various discussion lists.
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ABSTRACT: James Hansen, former head of the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, in "The Courage to Fight Climate Change" at http://bit.ly/12djtSf wrote: “We must have a simple, honest, across-the-board carbon fee collected from the fossil fuel companies at the small number of domestic mines and ports of entry. All of that money should be distributed to the public-100 percent of it - with equal amounts going to all legal residents.”
A Google http://www.google.com/ search for “Carbon Tax” turned up 4,210,000 hits at http://bit.ly/153PQQV on 03 June 10:30-0700, including the Wikipedi entries on “Carbon Tax” at http://bit.ly/118dUBp and on “Emissions Control” at http://bit.ly/15tshjV. In my opinion: (a) The more important hits are listed in the over twenty references in the REFERENCE list in the complete post at http://yhoo.it/16ECfUn, and (b) the most important hits are these six:
(1) “The Courage to Fight Climate Change” [Hansen & Romm (2013)] at http://bit.ly/12djtSf,
(2) “The People vs. Cap-and-Trade” [Hansen (2010b)] at http://bit.ly/17OhN3w,
(3) “The American Party” [Hansen (2013)] at http://huff.to/13gcjcR,
(4) “Herman Daly on Carbon Fees and Tax Shifting” [Gravitas (2011)] at http://bit.ly/1aTHNH3,
(5) “Sanders, Boxer Propose Climate Change Bills” [Sanders (2013a)] at http://1.usa.gov/12oSeUT,
(6) “Effects of a Carbon Tax on the Economy and the Environment” [CBO (2013)] at http://1.usa.gov/13y4MF6.
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Richard Hake, Emeritus Professor of Physics, Indiana University
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Twitter: http://bit.ly/juvd52
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REFERENCES [URL's shortened by http://bit.ly/ and accessed on 03 June 2013.]
Hake, R.R. 2013. "Would a Carbon Tax Save Life on Planet Earth?" online on the OPEN! Net-Gold archives at http://yhoo.it/16ECfUn. Post of 03 Jun 2013 12:34:27-0700 to AERA-L and Net-Gold. The abstract and link to the complete post are being distributed to various discussion lists.
Friday, April 5, 2013
Re: Keystone XL: The Pipeline to Disaster
Some blog followers might be interested in a recent post “Re: Keystone XL: The Pipeline to Disaster” [Hake (2013)]. The abstract reads:
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ABSTRACT: In his LA Times OpEd “Keystone XL: The Pipeline to Disaster,” James Hansen at http://lat.ms/16zLDF0 wrote: “In March, the State Department gave the president cover to open a big spigot that will hitch our country to one of the dirtiest fuels on Earth for 40 years or more. . . . . A public comment period is underway through April 22, after which the department will prepare a final statement to help the administration decide whether the pipeline is in the 'national interest.'. . . . . .THE PERSPECTIVE OF PIPELINE APOLOGISTS IS CONTRARY TO THE LAWS OF PHYSICS AND BASIC ECONOMICS. . . . [[My CAPS]]. . . ., neither of which gives a damn about politics. . . . . . . . All of president Obama’s achievements will fade if he doesn’t act swiftly and decisively on climate change. Rejecting keystone is the first step.”
A day before Hansen’s OpEd appeared, Bill McKibben in “John Kerry's Fateful Decision on the Keystone Pipeline” at http://bit.ly/XsIS7X urged people to send Kerry a million public comments at http://bit.ly/16CvA9q.
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Richard Hake, Emeritus Professor of Physics, Indiana University
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Hake, R.R. 2013. “Re: Keystone XL: The Pipeline to Disaster,” online on the OPEN Net-Gold archives at http://yhoo.it/10lFYzV. Post of 05 April 16:37-0700 to AERA-L and Net-Gold. The abstract and link to the complete post were transmitted to several discussion lists.
Labels: Keystone Pipeline, James Hansen, Bill McKibben, Climate Change, John Kerry, U.S. State Department, public comment period,
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ABSTRACT: In his LA Times OpEd “Keystone XL: The Pipeline to Disaster,” James Hansen at http://lat.ms/16zLDF0 wrote: “In March, the State Department gave the president cover to open a big spigot that will hitch our country to one of the dirtiest fuels on Earth for 40 years or more. . . . . A public comment period is underway through April 22, after which the department will prepare a final statement to help the administration decide whether the pipeline is in the 'national interest.'. . . . . .THE PERSPECTIVE OF PIPELINE APOLOGISTS IS CONTRARY TO THE LAWS OF PHYSICS AND BASIC ECONOMICS. . . . [[My CAPS]]. . . ., neither of which gives a damn about politics. . . . . . . . All of president Obama’s achievements will fade if he doesn’t act swiftly and decisively on climate change. Rejecting keystone is the first step.”
A day before Hansen’s OpEd appeared, Bill McKibben in “John Kerry's Fateful Decision on the Keystone Pipeline” at http://bit.ly/XsIS7X urged people to send Kerry a million public comments at http://bit.ly/16CvA9q.
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Richard Hake, Emeritus Professor of Physics, Indiana University
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Labels: Keystone Pipeline, James Hansen, Bill McKibben, Climate Change, John Kerry, U.S. State Department, public comment period,
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