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  • Eco Doom & Gloom Predictions Usually Wrong

    Mr. Sptizer declares that the Chamber of Commerce ''has been wrong on virtually every major public-policy issue of the past decade''. Funny, but environmental activists have been wrong for the past FOUR decades yet Mr. Spitzer appears to feel they aren't to be questioned (in his view, this is apparently one of the Chamber's biggest sins). Back ...
    Posted to The Best Policy by TripodGirl on October 16, 2009

  • climate change

    We are in the depths of this worsening recession. Climate change, for now, is not a priority. Just ask the 20 million Americans out of work.
    Posted to Politics by david wayne osedach on July 9, 2009

  • Air travel is hard to offset

    The problem with air travel is that it much more polluting than driving and you go much longer distances. Most estimates say air travel produces more than half a pounds of CO2 per mile per passenger. Of course this depends on a lot of factors such as how full the plane is, but the airline industry uses cheap, dirty fuels and they are incredibly ...
    Posted to The Green Lantern by Intersection on December 23, 2008

  • Shoddy Science Reporting Complicit in Anti-Intellectualism

    Because of the sensationalism committed by science reporters, American's mistrust of science has been amplified. Without bothering to explain the process of science, and the need for replications of studies, and without stressing all the follow-up work required to verify a scientific position or statement, science reporters and the news outlets ...
    Posted to Science by rjgwood on November 18, 2008

  • Is Landsburg for real?

    As with any of Professor Landsburg’s arguments, the logic is impeccable, he’s a clever chap. But as with any logical derivation, it is the initial assumptions from which the conclusions are drawn about which we should be wary. In the case of this article, the implicit assumption revolves around just exactly who counts in future generations. The ...
    Posted to Everyday Economics by moresexplease on September 15, 2008

  • Re: Global warming and hurricanes

    Did you see this? Strongest Storms Growing Stronger Yet, Study Says, from the New York Times today. The study was published in the journal Nature. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/04/science/04cyclone.html?_r=1&oref=slogin The problem lies in citing one study to make a point. That's not how science works, and any intellectually honest ...
    Posted to Books by Mae.Stevens on September 10, 2008

  • Rising Smugness Swamps all Reason

    Clearly - according to Fraywatch - all is well in the Eco-Temple. Hate to break-up the prayer circle, but - for the record - there is no scientific consensus on the catastrophic effects of climate change, and - actually - there can be no purely scientific consensus, because the effects will be in the space where the natural world, the economic ...
    Posted to The Spectator by Marcus61 on August 15, 2008

  • Re: A Response from Andrew Revkin

    Beautifully stated! The science issues are: i) whether or not we have anthropogenic CO2 mediated global warming (settled in the affirmative); ii) what the magnitude and varied impacts of this warming will be (not settled). The complementary policy issue is what - if anything - should be done about this. As a layman, I'd be happy to restrict my ...
    Posted to The Spectator by Marcus61 on August 11, 2008

  • Climate science and dissent

    I had other plans for this morning, but the article by Rosenbaum and the subsequent discussion are too interesting to ignore (thanks, Matt, for the link). As a climate scientist (30 years of active research in government laboratories and academia and more than 200 peer-reviewed publications), professor, and lecturer on global climate, the ...
    Posted to The Spectator by Climate.guy on August 11, 2008

  • Global warming consensus: bait and switch

    Whether or not we experiencing anthropogenic climate change is not the interesting or difficult issue; rather, what could or should be done to adapt to, or prevent global change - of all sorts, not just climate mediated change - is where we should have information, and debate. But the consensus-mongers among us are trying to push the view that ...
    Posted to The Spectator by Marcus61 on August 10, 2008
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