On Sep 9, 2006, at 4:22 PM, Andy F wrote:
> A couple sentences before this he dismisses higher CO2 concentrations
> as a natural cycle. Would anybody be shocked if he pulled a Hitchens?
Cockburn's been saying this for years. I tell you it's because he loves big old Chryslers (back when I used to keep up with him, he had about a dozen stashed all over the US, in part because he had no credit card and couldn't rent a car), and wants to blame corporations for environmental problems. If you start talking about cars contributing to global warming, you have to start talking about massive changes in spatial layout and transportation habits that would force big changes onto daily life, and he doesn't want to talk about that.
Doug