tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26420092.post115841638996623751..comments2023-10-16T21:11:30.335+01:00Comments on Space Cat Rocket Ship: Climate Contrarianism: A Disease in Five StagesPacianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15674211302650875387noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26420092.post-75697404513108079602008-01-24T18:22:00.000+00:002008-01-24T18:22:00.000+00:00Quite right, Chiya. That stage is the fastest gro...Quite right, Chiya. That stage is the fastest growing, and perhaps most dangerous.Pacianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15674211302650875387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26420092.post-35764412156305067512008-01-23T23:57:00.000+00:002008-01-23T23:57:00.000+00:00Seems to me we're at the stage now where we sayGlo...Seems to me we're at the stage now where we say<BR/><BR/>Global warming is caused by human activity, it is harmful, we should do something about it. So let's fly on an airplane to a bunch of places to tell people to do something about it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26420092.post-1159368460945741272006-09-27T15:47:00.000+01:002006-09-27T15:47:00.000+01:00Re-reading my comment I realise that it isn't enti...Re-reading my comment I realise that it isn't entirely clear that I was suggesting that this was the position of most mainstream politicians. Certainly Blair and Cameron, although I doubt they'd have the bollocks to say so outright.Disillusioned kidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16161675225308027868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26420092.post-1159304616120682952006-09-26T22:03:00.000+01:002006-09-26T22:03:00.000+01:00That seems like an off-shoot of stage 5, and it's ...That seems like an off-shoot of stage 5, and it's not necessarily pathological - just mercenary.<BR/><BR/>If a patient seriously believed that (and wasn't just faking it), I think I'd move to have them discharged.Pacianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15674211302650875387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26420092.post-1159286080594298972006-09-26T16:54:00.000+01:002006-09-26T16:54:00.000+01:00One might argue there's a sixth position articulat...One might argue there's a sixth position articulated by western leaders, namely that "Global warming is caused by human activity, and it is harmful, and we should do something about it, but we mustn't disrupt the sanctity of the market in the process of doing that thing." (I saw Jonathan Neale give a fascinating talk on this point over the weekend.)Disillusioned kidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16161675225308027868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26420092.post-1158522450428718552006-09-17T20:47:00.000+01:002006-09-17T20:47:00.000+01:00Well President Bush is at stage 4, at least when h...Well President Bush is at stage 4, at least when he's talking to Europeans.Pacianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15674211302650875387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26420092.post-1158439010520978412006-09-16T21:36:00.000+01:002006-09-16T21:36:00.000+01:00I wasn't aware that we had passed stage 2. Or perh...I wasn't aware that we had passed stage 2. Or perhaps that is just in my little part of the world...Michellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06601635840529534615noreply@blogger.com