Comments on: Give Bush some (perverse) credit for emissions drop http://climateprogress.org/2007/09/04/give-bush-some-perverse-credit-for-emissions-drop/ The Latest on Climate Science, Solutions, and Politics Fri, 09 Jan 2009 20:56:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1 By: hippie with a pistol http://climateprogress.org/2007/09/04/give-bush-some-perverse-credit-for-emissions-drop/#comment-5484 hippie with a pistol Tue, 04 Sep 2007 14:48:37 +0000 http://climateprogress.org/2007/09/04/give-bush-some-perverse-credit-for-emissions-drop/#comment-5484 You're ignoring cumulative greenhouse gas emissions. Why? What was the US cumulative growth from 1991-2000? How does that change rate compare to post-2000? What are projected cumulative emissions in 2012 under Bush policy? How does US compare to other nations in cumulative emissions? Please provide a more thorough analysis or risk making your post appear as partisan hackery. You’re ignoring cumulative greenhouse gas emissions. Why? What was the US cumulative growth from 1991-2000? How does that change rate compare to post-2000? What are projected cumulative emissions in 2012 under Bush policy? How does US compare to other nations in cumulative emissions? Please provide a more thorough analysis or risk making your post appear as partisan hackery.

]]> By: Joe http://climateprogress.org/2007/09/04/give-bush-some-perverse-credit-for-emissions-drop/#comment-5488 Joe Tue, 04 Sep 2007 16:25:32 +0000 http://climateprogress.org/2007/09/04/give-bush-some-perverse-credit-for-emissions-drop/#comment-5488 Absent emissions standards, U.S. greenhouse gas emissions have tended to rise about 1% per. I'll be the first to admit that the Clinton Administration did not slow the rate of growth of emissions -- though we did face very low oil prices and a booming economy and the Gingrich Congress cut funding for several programs aimed at slowing emissions growth. Bush has had a recession, a drop in air travel after 9/11, very high energy prices, and some mild winters. Absent those factors, his "policies" have had no noticeable impact. If you think they have, then no doubt you would be quite happy to take my bet about 2007 emissions. Absent emissions standards, U.S. greenhouse gas emissions have tended to rise about 1% per. I’ll be the first to admit that the Clinton Administration did not slow the rate of growth of emissions — though we did face very low oil prices and a booming economy and the Gingrich Congress cut funding for several programs aimed at slowing emissions growth.

Bush has had a recession, a drop in air travel after 9/11, very high energy prices, and some mild winters. Absent those factors, his “policies” have had no noticeable impact. If you think they have, then no doubt you would be quite happy to take my bet about 2007 emissions.

]]> By: Paul K http://climateprogress.org/2007/09/04/give-bush-some-perverse-credit-for-emissions-drop/#comment-5489 Paul K Tue, 04 Sep 2007 19:07:52 +0000 http://climateprogress.org/2007/09/04/give-bush-some-perverse-credit-for-emissions-drop/#comment-5489 Good news is good news regardless of who or what deserves credit. As to your wager offer, a promise to my wife after getting whipsawed years ago in a Nashville back room poker game precludes me from anything but gentleman betting. May I suggest that a fairer basis for a wager would be the difference up or down from the ten year average GHG increase. Like global temperature analysis, the emphasis would be on the anomaly. Good news is good news regardless of who or what deserves credit. As to your wager offer, a promise to my wife after getting whipsawed years ago in a Nashville back room poker game precludes me from anything but gentleman betting. May I suggest that a fairer basis for a wager would be the difference up or down from the ten year average GHG increase. Like global temperature analysis, the emphasis would be on the anomaly.

]]> By: Hippygeerl93 http://climateprogress.org/2007/09/04/give-bush-some-perverse-credit-for-emissions-drop/#comment-5492 Hippygeerl93 Wed, 05 Sep 2007 04:35:10 +0000 http://climateprogress.org/2007/09/04/give-bush-some-perverse-credit-for-emissions-drop/#comment-5492 hey, hippie witha pistol, you shouldn't have guns. Free people should not need guns. But you guys should bet on much the temperture goes up in a year. Find some sceptics with some money haha. Mother Nature has a fever and its just going to get worse before we help her cool down. if we can. hey, hippie witha pistol, you shouldn’t have guns. Free people should not need guns. But you guys should bet on much the temperture goes up in a year. Find some sceptics with some money haha. Mother Nature has a fever and its just going to get worse before we help her cool down. if we can.

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