It's entitled: "CO2 reductions good for nothing", by Henry Payne.
Here's one thing it says:
"In assessing the New York Times ”good news” of the Great Recession, U.S. Energy Information Administration official Howard Gruenspecht found some bad news. That is, that U.S. CO2 emissions have increased since the recession ended. “The 3.9 percent increase in emissions in 2010 was primarily driven by the rebound from the economic downturn experienced in 2008 and 2009,” he lamented.
Bad news? Better that a richer world endure inevitable temperatures with First World air conditioning than a poorer world that suffers inevitable temperatures in Third World shanties."
My response:
No, you moronic f*cktard. It's not just about temperatures. It's about collapsing ecosystems, loss of biodiversity, crop reductions, increased damage from extreme events, population dislocations, and serious reductions in freshwater resources, to names just a FEW off the top of my head. Climate change has to be addressed, and even small steps in the right direction are better than capitulation, leading to increased bigger steps in the wrong direction.
It's about the human future. And the planetary future.
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