Comments on: Inaction on Climate Change will HURT our Economy http://climateprogress.org/2006/10/29/inaction-on-climate-change-will-hurt-our-economy/ The Latest on Climate Science, Solutions, and Politics Tue, 02 Dec 2008 22:05:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1 By: Albert http://climateprogress.org/2006/10/29/inaction-on-climate-change-will-hurt-our-economy/#comment-146 Albert Mon, 30 Oct 2006 15:12:01 +0000 http://climateprogress.org/2006/10/29/inaction-on-climate-change-will-hurt-our-economy/#comment-146 My fear is how little coverage this may get in the press here in the U.S. Hopefully the word will get out and sink in before the next presidential election. My fear is how little coverage this may get in the press here in the U.S. Hopefully the word will get out and sink in before the next presidential election.

]]> By: Paul Baer http://climateprogress.org/2006/10/29/inaction-on-climate-change-will-hurt-our-economy/#comment-161 Paul Baer Sat, 04 Nov 2006 05:38:46 +0000 http://climateprogress.org/2006/10/29/inaction-on-climate-change-will-hurt-our-economy/#comment-161 There is much to say about the Stern Report, some good, some bad. However, your conclusion that the remaining years of the Bush administration are somehow "subtracted" from the time available to us are unnecessarily pessimistic; the rest of the world, and much of the US beyond Federal control, can do an enormous amount in two or three years if we're sufficiently motivated. Paul Baer Research Director, EcoEquity There is much to say about the Stern Report, some good, some bad. However, your conclusion that the remaining years of the Bush administration are somehow “subtracted” from the time available to us are unnecessarily pessimistic; the rest of the world, and much of the US beyond Federal control, can do an enormous amount in two or three years if we’re sufficiently motivated.

Paul Baer
Research Director, EcoEquity

]]> By: Climate Progress » Blog Archive » Robert J. Samuelson still doesn’t get it http://climateprogress.org/2006/10/29/inaction-on-climate-change-will-hurt-our-economy/#comment-293 Climate Progress » Blog Archive » Robert J. Samuelson still doesn’t get it Tue, 14 Nov 2006 00:07:38 +0000 http://climateprogress.org/2006/10/29/inaction-on-climate-change-will-hurt-our-economy/#comment-293 [...] Samuelson attacks the UK’s Stern Report in a column titled “Greenhouse Guessing.” He claims With today’s technologies, we don’t know how to cut greenhouse gases in politically and economically acceptable ways. The world’s 1,700 or so coal-fired power plants — big emitters of carbon dioxide, the main greenhouse gas — are a cheap source of electricity. [...] […] Samuelson attacks the UK’s Stern Report in a column titled “Greenhouse Guessing.” He claims With today’s technologies, we don’t know how to cut greenhouse gases in politically and economically acceptable ways. The world’s 1,700 or so coal-fired power plants — big emitters of carbon dioxide, the main greenhouse gas — are a cheap source of electricity. […]

]]> By: Climate Progress » Blog Archive » More on Paul Samuelson not Getting it http://climateprogress.org/2006/10/29/inaction-on-climate-change-will-hurt-our-economy/#comment-294 Climate Progress » Blog Archive » More on Paul Samuelson not Getting it Tue, 14 Nov 2006 00:09:30 +0000 http://climateprogress.org/2006/10/29/inaction-on-climate-change-will-hurt-our-economy/#comment-294 [...] Columnist Samuelson’s attack on the UK’s important Stern Commission Report does more than merely ignore key greenhouse-gas-reducing technologies. Samuelson titles his piece “Greenhouse Guessing,” because he (mistakenly) thinks that determining the impact of global warming is a guessing game: [...] […] Columnist Samuelson’s attack on the UK’s important Stern Commission Report does more than merely ignore key greenhouse-gas-reducing technologies. Samuelson titles his piece “Greenhouse Guessing,” because he (mistakenly) thinks that determining the impact of global warming is a guessing game: […]

]]> By: Climate Progress » Blog Archive » And one final thing, Robert Samuelson http://climateprogress.org/2006/10/29/inaction-on-climate-change-will-hurt-our-economy/#comment-322 Climate Progress » Blog Archive » And one final thing, Robert Samuelson Fri, 17 Nov 2006 16:27:41 +0000 http://climateprogress.org/2006/10/29/inaction-on-climate-change-will-hurt-our-economy/#comment-322 [...] Columnist Samuelson’s attack on the Stern Report does more than merely ignore energy efficiency and avoid any serious discussion of climate impacts. Here is how it ends: We need more candor. Unless we develop cost-effective technologies that break the link between carbon dioxide emissions and energy use, we can’t do much. Anyone serious about global warming must focus on technological progress – and not just assume it. Otherwise, our practical choices are all bad: costly mandates and controls that harm the economy, or costly mandates and controls that barely affect greenhouse gases. Or, possibly, both. [...] […] Columnist Samuelson’s attack on the Stern Report does more than merely ignore energy efficiency and avoid any serious discussion of climate impacts. Here is how it ends: We need more candor. Unless we develop cost-effective technologies that break the link between carbon dioxide emissions and energy use, we can’t do much. Anyone serious about global warming must focus on technological progress – and not just assume it. Otherwise, our practical choices are all bad: costly mandates and controls that harm the economy, or costly mandates and controls that barely affect greenhouse gases. Or, possibly, both. […]

]]> By: Abdoul Yessoufou http://climateprogress.org/2006/10/29/inaction-on-climate-change-will-hurt-our-economy/#comment-18875 Abdoul Yessoufou Wed, 10 Sep 2008 11:58:39 +0000 http://climateprogress.org/2006/10/29/inaction-on-climate-change-will-hurt-our-economy/#comment-18875 Although, i haven't read the stern report or the full text of the critique by Robert Samuelson. The only thing that i have read is what is written above. And i will tell you frankly that he is right in saying "anyone serious about global warming must focus on technological progress-and not just assume it". There is no point in spending billions on emissions trading schemes if it will deliver the goods- inflow of investments into research and development of low-emissions and no-emissions technologies. And will later be hijacked by agressive hedge funds and private equity.We should make another historical error and commit fallacies of misplaced concreteness. Just as we have done with the neoclassical economics that used the laws of physics in the designing theories. Although, i haven’t read the stern report or the full text of the critique by Robert Samuelson. The only thing that i have read is what is written above. And i will tell you frankly that he is right in saying “anyone serious about global warming must focus on technological progress-and not just assume it”. There is no point in spending billions on emissions trading schemes if it will deliver the goods- inflow of investments into research and development of low-emissions and no-emissions technologies. And will later be hijacked by agressive hedge funds and private equity.We should make another historical error and commit fallacies of misplaced concreteness. Just as we have done with the neoclassical economics that used the laws of physics in the designing theories.

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