The Hilary Clinton of Japan business productivity and cutting energy are all featured in this Newsweek eyecandy, "Want to Save Energy, Think Japanese" -- always interesting for one who was born in Otaru (that's Japan, up North, where the air is/was could not be cleaner, the mountain waters fresher, the veggies and fish more fresh and nutritious). Wonder what it's like there now?
BECAUSE, I have been reading history in my spare time, by Regius Prof. of Modern History, Richard Evans of Cambridge, The Third Reich at War, my posting has been sparse, sorry.
Here is a HABEAS piece that promises to be of interest, re Tarbles case from UVA profs, Woolhandler and Collins, via bepress (thanks Doc as always).
Showing posts with label Global Warming. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Global Warming. Show all posts
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Wednesday, November 29, 2006
Global Warming? No Way!
In the ho-hum who-cares department:
1. CO2 emissions is not pollution? Fine. It matters not that if you fill your room with it you will die. Deadly, maybe. Poison, perhaps, but not a source of pollution. Only death.
Oh, but what about global warming?
2. EPA has no authority to regulate automobile CO2 emissions in America because, (a) it has no jurisdiction over CO2 as there can be no harm caused by something that is not a pollutant, and EPA jurisdiction is limited to harmful pollutants; (b) even if global warming is happening and is actually caused by CO2, which is a disputed fact in the govenment's view (the science is very "complex" to be precise), warming is not causing any harm, and (c) certainly there is no harm from the measley 6 percent of the total global CO2 emissions caused by American cars in any event, and (d) even if we took action emissions by other nations can't be stopped, so we might as well keep on polluting, and, I might add, we might as well be polluting as fast as we can.
Because then, after we've screwed up the ecological balance to the point that we know we did that for sure, and in other words we can be satisfied that it was not going to happen anyway which we can probably never know for sure, somebody will have to do something about it. But not us, because even if we do nobody else will have to. BTW, it is not only our coastline that is being lost due to non-harmful, non-human-being-caused, global non-warming not resulting in steadily rising sea levels.
3. Plaintiff's have not demonstrated any remediable injury, or standing.
Science seems to have shown already that the position of our government is wrong. We'll have to see if the court agrees.
My prediction? Justice Kennedy will side with science and standing. The other side, curiosly enough in this case just coincidentally happening to be on "the right" and "conservatives" (Roberts, Alito, Thomas, Scalia) and that determine to stick with "the law" must be called "formalists". Formally, the Titanic did not strike the iceberg. The iceberg struck the Titanic which only happened to be on an intersecting course.
The transcript of arguments in this case is available here. What do you think?
1. CO2 emissions is not pollution? Fine. It matters not that if you fill your room with it you will die. Deadly, maybe. Poison, perhaps, but not a source of pollution. Only death.
Oh, but what about global warming?
2. EPA has no authority to regulate automobile CO2 emissions in America because, (a) it has no jurisdiction over CO2 as there can be no harm caused by something that is not a pollutant, and EPA jurisdiction is limited to harmful pollutants; (b) even if global warming is happening and is actually caused by CO2, which is a disputed fact in the govenment's view (the science is very "complex" to be precise), warming is not causing any harm, and (c) certainly there is no harm from the measley 6 percent of the total global CO2 emissions caused by American cars in any event, and (d) even if we took action emissions by other nations can't be stopped, so we might as well keep on polluting, and, I might add, we might as well be polluting as fast as we can.
Because then, after we've screwed up the ecological balance to the point that we know we did that for sure, and in other words we can be satisfied that it was not going to happen anyway which we can probably never know for sure, somebody will have to do something about it. But not us, because even if we do nobody else will have to. BTW, it is not only our coastline that is being lost due to non-harmful, non-human-being-caused, global non-warming not resulting in steadily rising sea levels.
3. Plaintiff's have not demonstrated any remediable injury, or standing.
Science seems to have shown already that the position of our government is wrong. We'll have to see if the court agrees.
My prediction? Justice Kennedy will side with science and standing. The other side, curiosly enough in this case just coincidentally happening to be on "the right" and "conservatives" (Roberts, Alito, Thomas, Scalia) and that determine to stick with "the law" must be called "formalists". Formally, the Titanic did not strike the iceberg. The iceberg struck the Titanic which only happened to be on an intersecting course.
The transcript of arguments in this case is available here. What do you think?
Tuesday, November 28, 2006
Yin and Yang
This blog can not ignore the conservative yin of the yang of being. In fact, conservatives are also exemplary thinkers and this will be recognized by my adding permanent links to the Cato Institute and the Federalist Society. It's only when they endeavor to put their thoughts into actions that they fall prey to their own good ideas.
Also, because "the climate," and stewardship of the planet earth's resources and its environment has become a critical issue of global proportions, I have added a token link to Climate.org in my new links section that I will be calling "Foundations." Anything less would mean consignment to oblivion. Do you recycle?
Buy an energy credit and help slow global warming, not to mention air pollution. You won't believe how many new cars the Chinese are putting on the road every day. It's almost as many as new coal-fired energy plants.
Also, because "the climate," and stewardship of the planet earth's resources and its environment has become a critical issue of global proportions, I have added a token link to Climate.org in my new links section that I will be calling "Foundations." Anything less would mean consignment to oblivion. Do you recycle?
Buy an energy credit and help slow global warming, not to mention air pollution. You won't believe how many new cars the Chinese are putting on the road every day. It's almost as many as new coal-fired energy plants.
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