Problem solved

Paul Krugman (yes, him again) has a post about economic success being environmental disaster. Well, but just before that, he posted about how we should be scared by certain indicators of economic weakness. Seems to me, if the economy is in such bad shape, we should all be jumping for joy. Yay, yay, we're saved! We'll have none of that nasty, evil economic growth.

I feel like I'm reading posts by Lenny from Memento.

Exactly

Bjorn Lomborg went on Bill Maher's show recently, talking about global warming. Or is that Global Warming? Anyway, he stated GW is real and a problem, but not a crisis and gave what he sees as a better way to deal it than is usually suggested. Is he right? I don't know, but he certainly isn't denying GW, nor is he being complicated, nor advising non-action. Maher and his guests reacted like he denies GW and like he was saying some bizarre confusing shit. At first these reactions confused me, but I think Scott Adams hit the nail on the head here, and helped me see what's going on. I guess people take not screaming that GW is going to kill us in 10 years as denying it, and suggesting alternative remedies as weird. Sigh. Making clear distinctions between right and wrong is great and necessary, but people seem to not be able to distinguish when it's appropriate and when it's not.

Why oh why

Do people continue to put trust in government?
Off topic, but from same site, don't eat local for environmental reasons. Do it if it makes sense for you given cost, quality, convenience, etc. Doing it for the environment reduces certain effects, but greatly increases other ones. As usual, the lesson is that the price system contains more information in it than you might think.

The true threat to our environment

Dihydrogen Monoxide. Nasty Stuff. (via P&S)

And I Wish I Had a Pony

Or maybe something a little more manly. Anyway, reminding me why I've never liked him (even so, I wish he had won in 2000), Al Gore: I wish that we could have had in the 1990s the deafening scientific consensus that has emerged in more recent years.

The Opposite of Damned if you Do, Damned if you Don't

I'm open to criticisms of it, but this sounds like a damn good idea to me.