CO2 Treaty Dead On Arrival

[Richard Foy]

In article <3D0E9D2FB0E713A7.E275B1BBDE9E967F.AE6008F485588F5C at library-proxy.airnews.net>,
Steve Conover, Sr. <Xscsr at airmail.net> wrote:
>
>If "brain-dead reasoning" means ignoring some of the side effects
>of a given political policy, because it is politically
>counterproductive to include them, you are correct.  Here are
>some examples:
>
>*  The banning of asbestos helped kill the seven Challenger
>astronauts;

But the primary cause was a management decision to fly at a
termperature below which the rocket engines had been certified for.

>
>*  The banning of CFC's is killing third-worlders as we speak, in
>spite of the fact that nobody seems interested in reporting it;

Do you have good numbers of the tradeoffs?


>
>*  Recycling of newspapers, instead of burning or burying them,
>reduces the number of trees that will be on the planet for future
>generations to enjoy.

This is a bit hard to follow.

>
>Banning things requires political power, and that's what the
>leaders of the environmental movement are after.  They are
>politicians, not scientists, but it is more politically expedient
>to call it science instead of politics.

How many of the leaders of environmental groups do uyou know. The
ones I know seem to be much less interested in political power that
the leaders of industry that I have known.

>
>Why won't they just admit that it's a political agenda they're
>pushing?  You gave me the answer I was looking for: they are
>merely politicians using brain-dead reasoning.  Thanks.

You might add IYO.
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