More Than 650 International Scientists Dissent (Global warming merged)

[Zachstar]

I agree with taxing carbon (Means the idiots will finally start to move towards renewable and help get us the hell off of oil)

But NOT to give back to the poor. This idiot has no idea how much money the poor really need.

The poor are not just penniless these days. Many are sitting on huge amounts of debt.

A MUCH MUCH MUCH better use of the money is to set up a prize fund to encourage backyard inventors to create American solution to problems. Such as that one that created an extremely cheap wind energy converter that can power LEDs overnight in Africa to give the young there a chance to read at night.

[nikimcbee]

Bah, this is old news.

[JALU3]

Taxing carbon is one thing, it's much like taxing certain products of consumption, however, carbon "credits" sounds like a shell game. Because some dick/jane says he/she will not produce carbon that they may or may not have produced, if you pay them, sounds like a gimic that actually has zero net benifit except for those taking other people's money.

[Frame57]

Gee! Why not tax breathing...everytime I exhale I emit CO...We should tax the ignorant people who lead us down these dark paths

[A Very Super Market]

Burning fossil fuels is different from breathing. Breathing is part of a natural exchange between plants and animals. The carbon from exhaling is balanced and surpassed by oxygen out put from plants. The carbon from fossil fuel is millions of years old, and excess carbon in our times because there is nothing to counteract it.

[Zachstar]

Originally Posted by Frame57

Gee! Why not tax breathing...everytime I exhale I emit CO...We should tax the ignorant people who lead us down these dark paths

The carbon you exhale is NOTHING compared to that of even a Prius. You break up carbon chains to propel, keep warm, and to keep stuff working. Your body is not breaking large carbon chains to push a ton or 2 car or truck. Or running an old factory.

Tho I 100 percent agree that taxing the rich to give directly to poor is FAIL. It is MUCH better spent on encouraging technology dev so that the poor actually have a chance.

[SteamWake]

Originally Posted by Frame57

Gee! Why not tax breathing...everytime I exhale I emit CO...We should tax the ignorant people who lead us down these dark paths

Meh... lets tax Cow Farts.... :p

This whole thing has become ludircris.

[Syxx_Killer]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090104...liaclimatefood

I guess our friends down under better get munchin! I don't think I could ever eat a kangaroo or camel.

[A Very Super Market]

I've eaten camel before, doesn't taste much different than other meat, if a a bit stringy. And its true that Sheep, Cows, and pigs are grossly inefficient foods to produce.

[baggygreen]

we post up every now and again, roo meat is one of the leanest, tastiest meats going around.

delicious.

And we simply have so many roos its silly not to make use of them!

[A Very Super Market]

You guys should start eating those rabbits too. Heard they're quite a nuisance down under

[TarJak]

Roo steaks! Yum goes great with a big bold Shiraz. Got some for dinner tonight so I'm doing my bit.

Camel I've never tried but heard it is pretty good tucker as well. Rabbits are good eating too as long as it is a meaty one.

[SteamWake]

According to this guy its up to Barry to save the world in the next 4 years or else were dooooomed !

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environmen...m-hansen-obama

[breadcatcher101]

Holy cow, maybe that's why he doesn't want to give up his blackberry!

These changes have been happening throughout time. While I do believe we are making a small dent in it ourselves, putting a tax on cattle farmers because of gas emmisions from cows while the rest of the world spews forth all types of posions makes little sense.

He will just strip every program from the military to NASA and pour it all into socialist programs such as welfare for 4th generation families and the like unless I am wrong.

Rather than save the world in four years he is more likely to destroy our country with his ideas. Time will tell. I do hope I am wrong.

[kiwi_2005]

Wouldn't worry to much about global warming thats never going to destory us more likely something like a huge earthquake that will affect the whole world is more than likely to happen.