tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post4702116635787477233..comments2023-11-03T11:37:04.473+00:00Comments on nothing new under the sun: Why I am pessimistic about Copenhagenbyron smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-88636703269560654932011-07-15T21:38:47.582+01:002011-07-15T21:38:47.582+01:00Guardian: David King abandons Kyoto and argues for...Guardian: <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/jul/15/david-king-abandon-kyoto-protocol" rel="nofollow">David King abandons Kyoto</a> and argues for a new system based on a per capita emissions standard of two tonnes per capita by 2050. This is basically (if I understand it), a call for <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contraction_and_Convergence" rel="nofollow">contraction byron smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-78463986998137427022009-11-24T14:42:24.131+00:002009-11-24T14:42:24.131+00:00PPS Still listening to Jones and trying to keep my...PPS Still listening to Jones and trying to keep my blood pressure down. Nicholas Stern is "not a climate scientist"? Of course he isn't, that's why he was writing an <i>economics</i> paper! Monckton is not a scientist and yet he refers in this interview to papers <i>he</i> has published on the science of climate change! BTW the MIT paper he refers to has been <a href="http://byron smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-84000526474926262312009-11-24T14:35:09.695+00:002009-11-24T14:35:09.695+00:00PS Are you a Dave that I know personally?PS Are you a Dave that I know personally?byron smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-25786239808678832082009-11-24T14:34:37.467+00:002009-11-24T14:34:37.467+00:00Geoff - I think your analysis (and confession) of ...Geoff - I think your analysis (and confession) of procrastination is spot on. The problem with this problem is that the problems we cause are easy to procrastinate over because they are not (yet) very personal for us.<br /><br />Dave - why do you find that interesting? Monckton is off the planet and his claims were given a <a href="http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2009/oct/20/byron smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-48147069919674792572009-11-23T01:56:27.363+00:002009-11-23T01:56:27.363+00:00Great article, this link may interest you and your...Great article, this link may interest you and your readers regarding this summit. Worth a listen...<br /><br />http://2gb.com.au/index2.php?option=com_newsmanager&task=view&id=4998<br /><br />Great blog site by ther way,<br /><br />DaveAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-77948644776236809362009-11-21T00:57:52.493+00:002009-11-21T00:57:52.493+00:00A long post, and a tad depressing too! What strike...A long post, and a tad depressing too! What strikes me in your analysis is our (my) propensity to delay action, procrastinate over all kinds of issues (last year's tax return is now officially late - again - even though as a full-time student for the last 12 months it will ridiculously easy to complete...).<br /><br />What eventually prods me into action on the things I stall on? I'm not gbroughtohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04835374770367316112noreply@blogger.com