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Energy Quote of the Day: January 27
Are we on the Path to Energy Suicide?
I just finished reading an opinion piece by Holman W. Jenkins, Jr. titled, How Climate Policy Went Wrong. Subtitle: A scientist’s aerosol research hints at why America’s energy suicide isn’t helping.
There are a number of pointed observations in this insightful article about how off-the-rails America’s energy schemes are playing out. I fear that the worst of times is coming, not because there are no solutions, but because those who hold the levers of power have plugged their ears to the science based realities.
Here’s one extract from the article:
“Long before we know which climate forecasts are right, thanks to the inevitable nerds at the Congressional Research Service or Government Accountability Office we’ll know in detail how many trillions we spent on climate subsidies that had no effect on climate.”
The author of the article cites the work of a veteran NASA scientist named James Hansen, who knows much but is apparently listened to little. This might be a runner up for energy quote of the day:
“Mr. Hansen is among the most famous scientist-activists in the field and also among the most honest, deriding international agreements like Kyoto and…
