Senators versus the species formerly known as homo sapiens sapiens:
Actually, we have most of the 60 now. It’s probably 6 to 12 swing Senators that will determine whether we have a domestic climate bill and hence a global deal (see “The central question for 2010: Will anti-science ideologues be able to kill the bipartisan climate and clean energy jobs bill?“
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Talk about elitism!
I see the Toles cartoon as dismissing Congress as totally disconnected from the reality of what 6 billion people are experiencing. Nice comment lower right “Unusual Political Climate”
A nice climate bill was needed about 50 years ago. The curse is that from now one political actions must be intense and compressed.
Richard: “The curse is that from now one political actions must be intense and compressed.”
But they won’t be.
2. richard pauli,
3. wvng,
re: “political actions must be intense and compressed.”
More likely will be quests for survival.
Maybe the better question is whether some form of cap and trade (i.e, putting a price on carbon emissions) will survive in the final bill?
If it drags on that long, will an intense hurricane season help?
The political reality is that we need a hot summer and lower unemployment. Pray for sun spots? ;)
Here is a way of looking at the situation we are in. During the Great Depression and the period leading up to it we did many of the wrong things. The U.S. refused to finance Germany’s war reparations. Many countries resorted to protectionism. The advice of professional economists like Keynes was ignored.
These painful lessons have helped us avoid a complete financial collapse these past two years.
With climate change we are repeating the mistakes of the 20′s and 30′s. Nations are failing to coordinate energy policies just as they failed to coordinate financial polices in the past. Extreme ideologies and narrow interest groups are undermining scientific research.
I realize I am preaching to the choir here. But my question is, can this sort of narrative be developed into a way to reach a broader cross section of Americans?