http://www.artezanalnet.com.br/Artezanal/Puffs.htm

Otherwise I tend to be most interested in your concise expressions of how climate change is a threat and the time frame of the threat. The “wedge” model of climate change mitigation is also good in that it makes clear that many areas of progress will have to be made simultaneously to make a dent in the problem.

You might call for them, but when it comes down to the nitty gritty you aren’t even prepared to countenance a gas tax. There is an unbridgable gap between your understanding of the problem, the nature of the solutions and what you are prepared to advocate in practice. This might be because (a) you are politically compromised by being (as I understand it) a spokesman for the Democratic party, and (b) somewhat boxed in by what you have already published.

[JR: I think it is time for you to comment elsewhere. I'm tired of your making stuff up to attack me about, when my positions could not be more clearly articulated and utterly different than what you claim. If you "understand" I'm "a spokesman for the Democratic party" then you probably understand 2+2=5. Try reading my book or my blog sometime, but don't waste your time trying to make stuff up and post it. BTW, we need a carbon price, not a gasoline price. And, in any case, a price is not they key strategy if you are in the 350 ppm -- and not a delayer as you often seem.]

Thanks. a lot of what happens in this city, country, and world makes me scratch my head — but one of my new year’s resolution will be “greater clarity.” Of course, that means more repetition, so it is a fine line to walk.

I appreciate your work and another resolution will be to feature more of the work of other bloggers here — there is no point in reinventing the wheel and there is just too damn much material to cover!

Gotta say, your stuff may be complex at times (I scratch my head for a while before I get it at times) but I don’t think it is ‘timid or ineffective’ – just a bit wonky sometimes. I love having this resource as there isn’t anything else like it on the web.

Keep at it!

Happy Holidays and New Year,
Richard

To be honest your blog is just getting plain boring. You seem to understand the gravity of the problem with suitably alarming pieces about total polar meltdown etc., but your “solutions” are too complex, timid and ineffective. We all know that establishing complicated efficiency standards, renewable energy obligations and so on isn’t going to make a blind bit of difference, either in the US or globally. Its like trying to put out a forest fire with a fire extinguisher. Suggesting policy that won’t work just places you with the delayers.

This air of complacency is echoed by most of the people who comment, but as you weed out the stuff you don’t like maybe that isn’t surprising. I guess the world will need to see some real evidence of climate chaos before the subject is taken seriously. By then it will be too late.

Anyway, I’ve probably outstayed my welcome so I’ll move on. There is a ton of stuff out there so why linger on one blog that you’re fed up with?

[JR: Yeah. I'm complacent. Calling for 12-14 wedges in four decades is very complacent. I'd love to see the blogs you frequent by people who are less complacent. Seriously, dude -- if you're gonna leave, just leave. But there is no need to be self-definingly petty.]