Well, that’s a relief. I mean, it’s a lot better than a five-year plan. Though not nearly so good as a Thousand-Year Reich. [Rimshot. Hysterical sobbing.] Assuming this isn’t all yet more Republican methane, of course. [Cue the fart doll!]
Via the brilliant and well-supported Avedon (via Monkey Fist (via McGraw-Hill’s Platts)):
The Bush administration plans to announce as early as next week a goal of stabilizing carbon dioxide levels in the global atmosphere at 450 parts per
million by the year 2106, congressional and non-government sources told Platts
Wednesday.
These guys can’t even plan for a l’il ol’ Iraqi invasion, and we’re going to trust them to plan one hundred years out? I don’t think so.
Besides, the window of opportunity is more like ten years, not a hundred. Via The Fist (via Attaturk ( via NASA scientist Jim Hansen)):
If the world continues with a “business as usual†scenario, Hansen said temperatures will rise by 2 to 3 degrees Celsius (3.6 to 7.2 degrees F) and “we will be producing a different planet.â€
On that warmer planet, ice sheets would melt quickly, causing a rise in sea levels that would put most of Manhattan under water. The world would see more prolonged droughts and heat waves, powerful hurricanes in new areas and the likely extinction of 50 percent of species…
…Hansen spoke as NASA released two studies that found sharp reductions in winter Arctic sea ice.
One of those studies was from Hansen’s institute. “It is not too late to save the Arctic, but it requires that we begin to slow carbon dioxide emissions this decade,†Hansen said in a statement.
So what Bush wants to do—if indeed whoever’s controlling his meds today wants him to do it—is too little, too late. Surprise!
Interestingly, Platts does qualify the story and give some of the media background: Read more
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