If Humanity Wishes To Preserve A Planet

Adding Co2 To The Air Is Like Throwing Another Blanket On The Bed.

Injection Of Environmental And Political Perspectives In Midstream Of The Science Discussion Cannot Help The Process Of Inquiry. I Believe That Persons With Relevant Scientific Expertise Should Concentrate, With Pride, On Cool Objective Analysis, Providing Information To The Public And Decision-makers When It Is Found, But Leaving The Moral Implications For Later Common Consideration, Or At Most For Summary Inferential Discussion.

The Carbon Emissions From Tar Shale And Tar Sands Would Initiate A Continual Unfolding Of Climate Disasters Over The Course Of This Century. We Would Be Miserable Stewards Of Creation. We Would Rob Our Own Children And Grandchildren.

We Have To, In The Next Ten Years, Begin To Decrease The Rate Of Carbon Dioxide Emissions And Then Flatten It Out. If That Doesn't Happen In Ten Years, We're Going To Be Passing Certain Tipping Points. If The Ice Sheets Begin To Disintegrate, What Can You Do About It? You Can't Tie A Rope Around An Ice Sheet.

Recent Warming Coincides With Rapid Growth Of Human-made Greenhouse Gases. The Observed Rapid Warming Gives Urgency To Discussions About How To Slow Greenhouse Gas Emissions.