On Aug 9, 2007, at 3:30 PM, Robert Wrubel wrote:
> Predictable band-aid approach. 50% of the costs will
> come from excess profits through no-bid crony
> contracts. Just as Homeland Security has a "store" on
> its website, with lists of projects and grants to bid
> on, the Department of Climate Mitigation will have
> wide-open doors for businesses eager to cash in.
>
> It would be so much cheaper, more socially productive,
> to develop a national alternate energy strategy (like
> the Apollo Alliance. )
Uh, did you see the part where I said that even if we stopped emitting GHGs tomorrow, temps (and seas) would still rise? There's no choice but to mitigate and adapt.
Doug