Just to be clear, he does believe in global warming, but thinks that the Cap and Trade legislation will destroy the US economy.
He added, “If the US passed a cap and trade and other countries did not, it wouldn’t work. It would ruin the US economy and it wouldn’t save the climate either. So this is a global issue, the global climate statistics are global in nature, global carbon emissions are global in nature, and we really have to have an international consensus of what to do. That is going to stretch our international diplomacy to its limit, there’s no doubt about that.”
The US economy is already ruined.
Cap and Trade would just be like placing a rose on the grave.
’nuff said.
Birthrate reduction is the only fair solution to carbon emission. A world with 10 million people would be able to heal itself, vis-a-vis a world with 10 billion people.
Humans are too shelfish to give up their god-given right to be fruitful and multiply.
#3 – so which 10 million people get to live?
Take 10 million people living in California. Within a year 8 million will have starved to death.
Or, take 10 million people living in some off-the-map town in China, who have barely any knowledge of the world outside China anyway. I think they’d get by just fine.
But but but…How would Algur EVER get to be a billionaire???
#4 –
#3 said *birthrate* reduction, pay some attention. It probably is the only really fair way to go.
Ha ha ha birth rate reduction and no car rate reduction, that’s a concept. When I was growing up you were lucky to see one car per driveway, and often families with 3, 5, or 13 kids! Now every person over 16 years of age gets a car and sometimes each get two or three! Cap the production of cars, not people. Make people walk to work by changing zoning laws which are now archaic – THESE ARE THE PROBLEM. Mandate live/work buildings everywhere. Start converting warehouse spaces to live/work environments. Stop and change the old fashioned idea of separating industry from residential. You will save so much fuel you can stop wasting energy on windmills, solar, and other useless nonsense that is destroying the landscapes including pristine desert that is not “useless” as some claim.
Or, just keep watching TV for the answers.
Dr. Steve Running’s parting comment in the interview, called for American leadership on global climate change policy and he expressed confidence that the rest of the world would follow. I disagree. We change on the precipice of doom.
We really should look at past success to determine our strategies.
For example, acid rain is no longer a problem. Oh yeah, it was a cap and trade law that fixed the acid rain problem!
Chris1
So his nobel prize makes him an expert on economics?
#10 – The “ordinary” price difference from the peace prize. There’s different committees.
How about you reduce the number of your children and leave the rest of us to decide for our own lives? Don’t call me selfish for not wanting someone else to make my life decisions for me. Next, you’ll rob my house because you don’t approve of the way I spend my money or force me to follow a government-mandated schedule because you don’t approve of the way I use my time. If you really believe in freedom, don’t force people to obey your version of right. Were you against Rome burning heretics at the stake? Don’t make their mistakes again.
srgothard, you are the definition of selfish.
You want to have what you want, regardless of the impact to everyone else, including your OWN CHILDREN, and your children’s children, etc.
I am simply outlining the only fair method I can think of, and I have spend many hours going over this in my mind.
Your only contribution is to state that your needs trump the needs of every other future generation, including your own grandchildren’s.
Isn’t your behavior the reason we have problems, in general?
To be accurate, the headline should read “Unilateral cap and trade will ruin the US economy”. I think the headline should reflect the quote under his picture.
#15 for the win
“Cap-and-trade will ruin the US economy”.
Isn’t that the entire point? After all its hard for government to gain more control of your personal life when everything is going good. You need a problem for the people in charge to make “change”.
The “ordinary” price difference from the peace prize. There’s different committees.
what?
The cap and trade bill is a nice little giveaway to various companies, all in the name of saving the planet.
Of course it won’t reduce global warming substantially, because most emissions are not being affected by cap and trade.
China is already the leading emitter with 25% of emissions, and growing.
Experts say we need an 80% reduction in emissions. Do the math.
Guilherme Cherman,
Just to be clear, he does believe in global warming, but thinks that the Cap and Trade legislation will destroy the US economy.
No. That’s not at all what he said. He said that he believes unilateral action by the U.S. alone without the support of other nations would ruin the economy.
But, let’s not split hairs.
You had an agenda in posting this and didn’t want to hurt your agenda with an honest post.
That said, I still think this guy is very far mistaken. A simple carbon tax (which would be more effective and cheaper than a $$$=>Wall St. cap and trade) would create a green energy economy in this nation, spark a new industry, move us to the forefront in environmental technology, and very likely fix a great many of our economic problems … all while making us healthier and less dependent on the oil rich nations of the world.