Comments Geoffrey Johnson has made
"only buy time"
Mr. Pielke,
The consequences of global warming described in the IPCC and Stern reports show that time is at a soaring premium. So what's wrong with a mitigation strategy that will "only buy time"? Time is the vehicle of innovation and adaptation. Under the guise of scientific formalism, your clarification supports the trend of political fatalism criticized above. Let's not hide the value which lies between the present moment and the (threatened) arrival of climate tipping points. In the interim, technology will advance and new generations will be born. That's our return on a reasonable carbon tax.
GJOn Game over? Hardly. posted 2 years, 9 months ago 10 Responses