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By: quentinp

quentinp — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 20:30:57 +0000

I think we can celebrate the most famous magazine in the world changing the color of it's iconic cover (first time ever?) to green. Also they seem to be pretty clear on Pacala / Socolow's approach, the importance of cap and trade and other things. Fabulous levels of awareness and engagement that we could have only dreamed of two years ago.

So they used a particular noun for the struggle : "war". If my grandma f*rted while she was making me a huge Thanksgiving dinner I wouldn't walk out of the house.

Quentin

P.S. A word of advice to steve's hope : People generally like to be in the majority (research shows). So leading off your argument with "For 8 months I have been trying to get somebody to consider my idea. NOBODY will look at it. " is the strongest incentive most people can get for NOT pursuing it further. Much better to suggest that it is yet undiscovered / new / about to be launched / that you would simply like some feedback.

By: steveshoap

steveshoap — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 23:32:56 +0000

Of course we all need to use less fuels, etc.
But, we still have to use cars in the short run.
I have invented a way to make very small cars much safer.
If small cars are not considered death traps, more Americans will buy them.

Please see my website safersmallcars.com

For 8 months I have been trying to get somebody to consider my idea. NOBODY will look at it. Car companies, universities, gov labs, famous authors, environmental leaders all have blown me off.

There is a lot of talk about 80% CO2 reduction, but nobody is creating a safe car that will get us 100 or 200 mpg. Most of the proposed high mpg vehicles are overgrown motorcycles or scooters.

The most important thing needed for excellent fuel economy is low car weight (or mass). A battery car or a hybrid car or a hydrogen car will ALL go farther if they are light weight. BUT, light weight is dangerous in collisions.

Please see my invention.

By: Sheryl Canter

Sheryl Canter — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 22:20:29 +0000

"Global warming is more of a debate than a war."

Global warming is no longer a debate. We're past the talking stage and into aggressive action. Not a war? Okay – we don't need a violent metaphor, perhaps. A race? A …? What should we call aggressive action to prevent dire consequences?

By: bob321

bob321 — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 03:18:46 +0000

This is awful. War on Global Warming? Please... If you want to cover a war, there's one going on in Iraq. Global warming is more of a debate than a war. And, the American public is going very tired of it, since they're more worried about doggie poo than global warming.

By: davidzet

davidzet — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 18:21:16 +0000

"War on..." rhetoric is silly. Wars on Poverty, Drugs, and Terrorism involve a lot of shock and awe but few results. If the War on GW is pursued with the same command and control mentality ("I command thy carbon to sequester!"), we face a bleak future. Instead of declaring war, let's stop being stupid, i.e., stop subsidies for stupid ideas.