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  Sarah -- those commands won't work if Sindark has a Mac.

  Anyway, I had the same sinking feeling watching that Daily Show segment.  They always blow it on climate change. 

  Too bad on many levels.  There's so much Congressional stupidity they could exploit and expose.

  On Steven Chu and cap-and-snooze on the Daily Show posted 3 months, 2 weeks ago 4 Responses

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  Very helpful!  Thank you.

  On Everything you always wanted to know about the Waxman-Markey energy/climate bill -- in bullet points posted 5 months ago 12 Responses

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  David, a very nice summary.  There is no quick fix to stopping this sort of thing, of course, but Dave from Canada is correct.  You have to fight fire with fire. 

  It's only when we began to build infrastructure on our side of the fence that we got the good guys back in power.  We needed to learn how to craft our messages so they stick. We also needed to develop muckrakers who know how to not only dig up the story, but tell it in a way that works.

  Look at the Daily Show.  It's a brilliant example of muckraking that sticks.  (I'm defining muckraking broadly, to include getting people to focus on information that is technically already public).

   

  On How the 'OMB memo' non-story happened posted 5 months, 3 weeks ago 19 Responses

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  Tyler, if cap-and-trade were the only provision in the bill you might have a point.  But it's not.  Go back and read David's second bullet.  It's all the other stuff -- energy efficiency, renewal portfolio standards, low-carbon fuel, smart grid -- that we desperately need, that would go by the wayside if Waxman-Markey goes down.

  Chances are low that we're ever going to get a strong enough cap-and-trade OR carbon tax in this session of Congress.  Let's not throw out all the other critical stuff in the process, and wind up with nothing.

  On Cap-and-trade vs. carbon tax: a bird in hand is worth two on Alpha Centauri posted 6 months ago 8 Responses

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  David, a fine summary, and I couldn't agree more.  It's one thing to continue the academic policy debate long after the legislative train has left the station.  You want to navel gaze, fine.  Maybe you'll come up with something someone can use some day. 

  But it's quite another thing to use the academic debate to derail the legislation we have today.  Not only is the perfect the enemy of the good... but hell, don't you people realize how hard it is to get decent legislation passed?  There's a boatload of good stuff in Waxman-Markey.  Are you out of your minds trying to undermine it? Do you think we'll get another chance at those goodies any time soon if it fails?  Don't hold your breath.

  Waxman-Markey, rock on.

  On Cap-and-trade vs. carbon tax: a bird in hand is worth two on Alpha Centauri posted 6 months ago 8 Responses