Air America Radio's Al Franken interviews Dr. Joe Romm on his new book. Hell and Highwater.
Open Access Article Originally Published: January 09, 2007
Dr. Joseph Romm, the author of The Hype About Hydrogen, is now on the warpath against the deniers and delayers of global warming, examining not only the science behind climate change but also the politics. To quote the publisher's description, Romm "exposes the tactics of conservative politicians who deny the science and delay genuine action on alternative energy initiatives."
Comedian-turned-liberal radio talk show host, Al Franken interviews Romm about his allegations, asking why conservatives deny the consensus of science and seek to delay any meaningful, unified action by portraying the crisis as an unsettled "debate" when the debate ended years ago.
Romm sees the problem as one of ideology "trumps" science, that tackling global warming requires strong government action, which is anathema to "small government" conservatives.
"They don't agree with the treatment, so they won't accept with the diagnosis," Romm explained to Franken.
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06-Mar-2007
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I'm sure that all 15 of Air America's fans loved the Dr. Joseph Romm interview.
Posted by: Armen Manoogian
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17-Jan-2007
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There is already a proposal, sponsored mostly by Republicans, for other reasons. It's called the FairTax bill. Put ALL taxes onto a consumption tax, with a rebate for poverty level spending, and that pretty much covers your carbon taxes, etc. It also covers the psychological problem of people spending vs. saving, which is the root cause of many other problems, most significant of which is the idea that spending creates jobs, when people don't need jobs, they need food, shelter, clothing. These things can usually be provided by communities and don't require big government, just people who want to work instead of people who want 'jobs'.
Posted by: Dan Conine
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10-Jan-2007
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In order to placate conservatives global warming hawks should propose using the proceeds of a carbon tax to eliminate the income tax. There is nothing that conservatives hate more than the income tax.
Also in order to be taken seriously not only by conservative buy by the average joe Global warming hawks should propose more geoengineering like: A payout to those who remove co2 from the atmosphere (deep ocean iron fertilization, agricultural charcoal ar 2 schemes to do this.)
(BWT an expert in the area of coal technology posted on the yahoo BLDP message board that coal can be used in such a way that it in net removes co2 from the atmosphere and still delivers usable energy.)
Global warming hawks loose credibility when they strongly reject such possible solutions just saying they are too risky.
Posted by: jw Ogden
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10-Jan-2007
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Hmmm... Great for the choir, but I'm not sure if it can move anyone whose already made a commitment to a stance, an ideology or group contrary to the good Dr.'s information. 90% of my conservative friends wouldn't trust Jesus if he were to return and verbally disagree with their stance. I do believe there is hope that some people will realize they need to change their views on manmade climate change, but I think its going to take many, varied and repeated presentations showing the direction the earth is heading and valid options for change.
Posted by: ben brown
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10-Jan-2007
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The Monty Python people had a good bit on all this in a movie called Eric The Red. In the movie their Viking longboat is sinking and is full of water up to the oarlocks, but half of the crew is standing around with their arms folded and vehemently arguing that No, it is not sinking! The other half are are just as vociferously trying to convince the naysayers that Yes, it is too sinking, while a few are trying to bail the boat which is of course at this point too full of water for bailing to be a meaningful activity. Great stuff, too funny however as I didn't know weither to laugh of cry.
Posted by: John Gilkison
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