"He's a snake in the grass, I tell ya guys; he may look dumb but that's just a disguise; he's a mastermind in the ways of espionage." Charlie Daniels, "Uneasy Rider" hansen - TT's Lost in Tokyo

Lomborg's brilliant climate plan: leave GHG externalities alone and let governments spend 0.05% of GDP on picking winning low-carb technologies! by TokyoTom

The folly practically speaks for itself . Why does Bjorn Lomborg think that governments can better determine worthy investments than private firms? And that such investments should be borne by ordinary taxpayers rather than those who are generating the...

Peabody Coal is VERY concerned about how Jim Hansen is "cheapening the dialogue" by TokyoTom

In response to Jim Hansen's recent expressed desire for "public trials" for fossil fuel executives if, despite being "aware of long-term consequences of continued business as usual," they continue their "campaigns" "to...

Why top demagogues (Jim Hansen, Florida Power, RAND, Exxon, AEI, Margo Thorning, major economists, George Will) prefer rebated carbon taxes by TokyoTom

[Note to first-time readers: the title is tongue-in-cheek.] I have previously blogged on libertarian, non-state approaches to climate change ; allow me to use this post to pull together for diligent readers various recent sources of opinion and information...

Jim Hansen: As CO2 climbs, what are the long-term warming effects of CURRENT CO2 levels? by TokyoTom

What do climate scientists say that recently obtained data about our past climate tells us about the consequences of long-term increases in atmospheric CO2 (and other GHGs)? They tell us that we are already at levels that, if sustained (and at current...
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Did global warming stop in 1998? Jim Hansen says NO. by TokyoTom

Inquiring minds might want to take a quick look at what Dr. James E. Hansen of the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies has to say: The year 2007 tied for second warmest in the period of instrumental data, behind the record warmth of 2005, in the...
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The Arch-Warmer, James Hansen by TokyoTom

Jim Hansen keeps his articles, commentary and presentations here: http://www.columbia.edu/~jeh1/ It is worth taking a look from time to time.
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