Comments on: Clearing the Air on Global Warming Policies http://www.ismurray.com/?p=49 The personal blog of Iain Murray, author of The Really Inconvenient Truths Tue, 07 Sep 2010 22:09:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: TokyoTom http://www.ismurray.com/?p=49#comment-35 TokyoTom Thu, 17 Jul 2008 08:14:11 +0000 http://www.ismurray.com/?p=49#comment-35 Iain, I applaud your constructive proposals. I've made a few observations and questions for your consideration here: http://mises.org/Community/blogs/tokyotom/archive/2008/06/17/iain-murray-another-libertarian-makes-climate-policy-proposals.aspx Tom Iain, I applaud your constructive proposals.

I’ve made a few observations and questions for your consideration here:

http://mises.org/Community/blogs/tokyotom/archive/2008/06/17/iain-murray-another-libertarian-makes-climate-policy-proposals.aspx

Tom

]]> By: [Update: Comments added] Iain Murray: Another libertarian makes climate policy proposals! - TT`s Lost in Tokyo http://www.ismurray.com/?p=49#comment-34 [Update: Comments added] Iain Murray: Another libertarian makes climate policy proposals! - TT`s Lost in Tokyo Thu, 17 Jul 2008 08:02:52 +0000 http://www.ismurray.com/?p=49#comment-34 [...] Iain helpfully spells out on his blog a number of areas where deregulation is needed, he also surprising provides quite an extensive [...] […] Iain helpfully spells out on his blog a number of areas where deregulation is needed, he also surprising provides quite an extensive […]

]]> By: Lab Lemming http://www.ismurray.com/?p=49#comment-22 Lab Lemming Fri, 16 May 2008 07:47:08 +0000 http://www.ismurray.com/?p=49#comment-22 A few things you've missed: If you really want to get cost-effective gas into the US, before digging up the rockies you'll want to open a Pacific gas terminal. Related to that, and my <a href="http://lablemminglounge.blogspot.com/2008/04/conservative-curbs-on-climate-change.html" rel="nofollow"> point number three</a> is that you'll need to find some way of stopping NIMBYs from blocking all of the infrastructure that will be necessary for both adaption and mitigation. Otherwise, you'll end up with folks like the Kennedys adding a decade to the start time and half a billion dollars to the cost for any renewable projects that are actually cost-effective in the current economy. A few things you’ve missed:
If you really want to get cost-effective gas into the US, before digging up the rockies you’ll want to open a Pacific gas terminal.

Related to that, and my point number three is that you’ll need to find some way of stopping NIMBYs from blocking all of the infrastructure that will be necessary for both adaption and mitigation. Otherwise, you’ll end up with folks like the Kennedys adding a decade to the start time and half a billion dollars to the cost for any renewable projects that are actually cost-effective in the current economy.

]]> By: Steve Darden http://www.ismurray.com/?p=49#comment-19 Steve Darden Sun, 11 May 2008 05:16:53 +0000 http://www.ismurray.com/?p=49#comment-19 Your post is a very useful contribution to what I hope will become a conversation around the pragmatic themes of Roger's post. I hope to have something to add after some reflection. Could you please reconsider the colors of your WP theme? The graphic design is beautiful, but for my eyes is virtually unreadable and actually painful. I had to copy/paste your commentary into a text editor to read comfortably. Though I've not yet read your new book, based on your commentary above I've just ordered Your post is a very useful contribution to what I hope will become a conversation around the pragmatic themes of Roger’s post. I hope to have something to add after some reflection.

Could you please reconsider the colors of your WP theme? The graphic design is beautiful, but for my eyes is virtually unreadable and actually painful. I had to copy/paste your commentary into a text editor to read comfortably.

Though I’ve not yet read your new book, based on your commentary above I’ve just ordered

]]> By: Roger Pielke Jr. http://www.ismurray.com/?p=49#comment-17 Roger Pielke Jr. Thu, 08 May 2008 18:28:32 +0000 http://www.ismurray.com/?p=49#comment-17 Thanks Iain, I've put up a very short reply (for now): http://sciencepolicy.colorado.edu/prometheus/archives/climate_change/001419iain_murray_on_clima.html I look forward to continuing the conversation. Thanks Iain, I’ve put up a very short reply (for now):

http://sciencepolicy.colorado.edu/prometheus/archives/climate_change/001419iain_murray_on_clima.html

I look forward to continuing the conversation.

]]> By: AEGeneral http://www.ismurray.com/?p=49#comment-16 AEGeneral Thu, 08 May 2008 17:54:55 +0000 http://www.ismurray.com/?p=49#comment-16 You've made some interesting proposals here. I'm sure I'll enjoy your book when it arrives. One additional item I advocate under "freeing up domestic energy exploration" is mining the Kaiporowitz Plateau. What that would entail is beyond my knowledge, as it was (inexplicably) declared a National Monument via Executive Order despite the fact that it is one of three known sites in the world that contains low-polluting coal. A trillion dollars worth of non-polluting coal on our own soil, and we can't even use it. It's simply incomprehensible. You’ve made some interesting proposals here. I’m sure I’ll enjoy your book when it arrives.

One additional item I advocate under “freeing up domestic energy exploration” is mining the Kaiporowitz Plateau. What that would entail is beyond my knowledge, as it was (inexplicably) declared a National Monument via Executive Order despite the fact that it is one of three known sites in the world that contains low-polluting coal.

A trillion dollars worth of non-polluting coal on our own soil, and we can’t even use it. It’s simply incomprehensible.

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