But not the one you’re thinking of
(Concord Monitor) One of these days, the tipping point will be reached. No, not the tipping point that leads to a continued warming of the globe. That one, unfortunately, is probably behind us. The even more elusive tipping point is the action, event or increased collective concern that finally prompts Americans to make combatting climate change a national goal akin to winning a world war.
Going to be tough to have a tipping point when a) no statistically significant warming in 17 years and b) Warmists refuse to practice what they preach
Hurricane Katrina didn’t do it, and neither have Hurricanes Sandy and Irene. So the notion that a slim book and a barnstorming state senator from Iowa will spur the nation to action seems far-fetched. But Sen. Rob Hogg’s book, America’s Climate Century, and his talks across the state this week should move the needle in the right direction.
Thanks for that science, since neither Sandy nor Irene were hurricanes when they made landfall. As for Hogg, it seems like he’s taking fossil fueled trips to push a book saying fossil fuels are evil.
Preventing an even bigger temperature increase will require U.S. leadership, which in turn, require bipartisan support. That support has been wanting among Republicans, but that too may be changing. Earlier this month four former heads of the Environmental Protection Agency, William Ruckelshaus, Lee Thomas, William Reilly and Christine Todd Whitman, authored a joint column in The New York Times. It was called “ A Republican Case for Climate Action.†They wrote, “The only uncertainty about our warming world is how bad the changes will get, and how soon. What is most clear is that there is no time to waste.â€
And they were roundly ignored, because they are Republican Progressives pushing un-scientific doctrine which leads to more Big Government and fascistic control.
The tipping point that will result in American leadership on climate change is approaching. Our hope is that it is no more than one election away.
We can start by all Warmists voluntarily making their lives “carbon neutral”. The editorial talks about everyone doing what they can to reduce their energy usage. That’s not a bad idea from an economic point of view. I do. But there is so much more Warmists can do in their own lives, like giving up fossil fueled travel. They won’t.
