http://www.cleanbreak.ca/2010/07/18/wow-national-post-editor-publishes-column-thats-critical-of-global-warming-denier-movement/ Trends, happenings and innovations in the clean technology market Mon, 30 Jan 2012 14:28:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.cleanbreak.ca/2010/07/18/wow-national-post-editor-publishes-column-thats-critical-of-global-warming-denier-movement/comment-page-1/#comment-13123 Liability of scientific denialism to political conservativism « Open Parachute Wed, 21 Jul 2010 16:33:37 +0000 http://www.cleanbreak.ca/?p=2499#comment-13123 [...] Wow! National Post editor publishes column that’s critical of global warming denier movement (cleanbreak.ca) [...] [...] Wow! National Post editor publishes column that’s critical of global warming denier movement (cleanbreak.ca) [...]

]]> http://www.cleanbreak.ca/2010/07/18/wow-national-post-editor-publishes-column-thats-critical-of-global-warming-denier-movement/comment-page-1/#comment-13107 Milan Tue, 20 Jul 2010 19:53:00 +0000 http://www.cleanbreak.ca/?p=2499#comment-13107 Laughlin's piece is definitely deeply flawed. While the greenhouse gases we are adding to the atmosphere do not endanger the planet, in the sense that it might cease to be a huge ball of iron orbiting the sun annually, they do threaten the future health and prosperity of humanity. At the very least, there is good reason to believe that the costs borne by humanity if we allow climate change to run unchecked far exceed the costs of stopping the problem, and moving to sustainable forms of energy at the same time. And that is to say nothing of the suffering that will inevitably accompany dangerous amounts of climate change. Laughlin’s argument is somewhat akin to seeing a baby driving around on a bulldozer and saying: "There’s no need to worry, that bulldozer will be just fine." Laughlin’s piece is definitely deeply flawed. While the greenhouse gases we are adding to the atmosphere do not endanger the planet, in the sense that it might cease to be a huge ball of iron orbiting the sun annually, they do threaten the future health and prosperity of humanity. At the very least, there is good reason to believe that the costs borne by humanity if we allow climate change to run unchecked far exceed the costs of stopping the problem, and moving to sustainable forms of energy at the same time. And that is to say nothing of the suffering that will inevitably accompany dangerous amounts of climate change. Laughlin’s argument is somewhat akin to seeing a baby driving around on a bulldozer and saying: “There’s no need to worry, that bulldozer will be just fine.”

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