thinkdharma’s Recent Comments

• Click here to view comment in original post

  come on ya'll

  We've got to stop making the argument that people eat less meat because it reduces their CO2 footprint, even though it is true. How many people would actually do that? We have to encourage them to  do something positive, something that is enjoyable.  A Veg/Vegan/Raw food lifestyle is about abundant health, not about giving up something. Just like how, having switched to Tom's Toothpaste, now Colgate and Crest taste disgustingly chemmy, when you eat a diet lower on the food chain, heavy animals based foods lose their appeal when you experience the differience in your body.

  Grist has got to get integral! We are humans - we have exteriors AND interiors. Speak to people's interiors (how these choices make you feel in body and mind). That is how you move people.On Some ideas for green resolutions that are achievable, meaningful, and maybe even novel posted 10 months, 1 week ago 9 Responses

• Click here to view comment in original post

  thank you biodiversivist

  Why doesn't anybody understand logic anymore? We all need to slow down and actually read what we read, so that simply by reading "Saddam" and "Obama" in the same piece, we don't think that the author was necessarily conflating the two. Subtlety people, subtlety.On Vilsack's appointment is representative of the narrow range of viewpoints in Obama's Cabinet posted 10 months, 3 weeks ago 5 Responses

• Click here to view comment in original post

  midleading numbers

  Although I agree with the general conclusions of this post, the numbers at the beginning of the article lead to an inaccurate conclusion.  Montague cites that the US spent $168 million on solar research in 2007, while spending $169 billion subsidizing fossil fuels since 1991, and then claiming that this represents 1000x more spending than solar.  But, if you note that there is a fifteen year time differential, you'll see that we actually only spent 62.9x more on fossil fuel subsidies (assuming a constant level of solar funding since 1991 at 2007 levels). Again, I agree with the conclusions, but I feel the need for honesty in data presentation.On The many ways big money seeks to avoid reducing fossil fuel use posted 2 years ago 11 Responses

• Click here to view comment in original post

  the deabte has been won

  so lets spend our time focusing on solutions and innovations, rather than pointing out the sad grasping of a dying breed of cliamte change skeptics.On Why must global-warming science produce certainty? posted 2 years, 6 months ago 17 Responses

• Click here to view comment in original post

  what really happened?

  First, could anyone comment on what adaptive management is, or might mean in the context of this issue?

  Secondly, this exchange seems to me to be political hackery on both sides. I got the sense that the Rep. was trying to score some political points without really delving into the issue. I guess I'm just confused and didn't really learn anything from the exchange. Can anyone shed some light on this?On A smackdown in Congress posted 2 years, 6 months ago 7 Responses