Tuesday, May 08, 2007
Django name-checks the "Nation"
A Creeder Reader sent me the following quote from the Nation's Alexander Cockburn:
"The modern trade [of 'carbon credits'] is as fantastical as the medieval [trade of indulgences]. There is still zero empirical evidence that anthropogenic production of carbon dioxide is making any measurable contribution to the world’s present warming trend. The greenhouse fearmongers rely on unverified, crudely oversimplified models to finger mankind’s sinful contribution--and carbon trafficking, just like the old indulgences, is powered by guilt, credulity, cynicism and greed."
For once I agree with something the Nation has published. You might want to mark this date down 'cause, well, me agreeing with the Nation might not ever happen again!
"The modern trade [of 'carbon credits'] is as fantastical as the medieval [trade of indulgences]. There is still zero empirical evidence that anthropogenic production of carbon dioxide is making any measurable contribution to the world’s present warming trend. The greenhouse fearmongers rely on unverified, crudely oversimplified models to finger mankind’s sinful contribution--and carbon trafficking, just like the old indulgences, is powered by guilt, credulity, cynicism and greed."
For once I agree with something the Nation has published. You might want to mark this date down 'cause, well, me agreeing with the Nation might not ever happen again!
# posted by Joltin' Django @ Tuesday, May 08, 2007 
