Green Religion and the Air Tax
July 19th 2008 02:54
I really enjoy my weekly dose of New Scientist. You can learn about genes which are HIV specific, MRI differences in brain sex, the ins-and-outs of circumcision, the elusive Higgs boson and, of course, Global Warming. It is a pity that this - otherwise wonderful -magazine has an editorial line on What the Majority of Scientists Think about anthropogenic global warming and its relationship to the proportion of CO2 in the atmosphere. I'm undecided - and being an angelologist (I could probably get a job as particle physicist - in neither profession do you need physical evidence) rather than meterologist by trade - I like to hear or read clearly reasoned arguments.
I recently read an economist with a practical view who compared planning for carbon warming with taking out insurance. I kind of like that. It fits in my view of things. I don't know -no one seems to. I dislike hype - hence my being at home today.
Let's also take out insurance against the possibility that there is no global warming and it's all an invention of the puritan left - the successors of Cromwell and his Model Army.
I've never had much time for Penny Wong. I recall on one occasion she was an official for an ALP pre-selection that was held midway between two churches to which I had to minister - in lower Prospect. I was wearing my religious habit - as I did back then on a Sunday morning - and she asked me as I registered for my ballot whether I was wearing drag. I hope she isn't invited to welcome the Dalai Lama, or indeed a delegation from the Scots Parliament. Doesn't sound to me like she really understands cultural diversity.
I recently read an economist with a practical view who compared planning for carbon warming with taking out insurance. I kind of like that. It fits in my view of things. I don't know -no one seems to. I dislike hype - hence my being at home today.
Let's also take out insurance against the possibility that there is no global warming and it's all an invention of the puritan left - the successors of Cromwell and his Model Army.
I've never had much time for Penny Wong. I recall on one occasion she was an official for an ALP pre-selection that was held midway between two churches to which I had to minister - in lower Prospect. I was wearing my religious habit - as I did back then on a Sunday morning - and she asked me as I registered for my ballot whether I was wearing drag. I hope she isn't invited to welcome the Dalai Lama, or indeed a delegation from the Scots Parliament. Doesn't sound to me like she really understands cultural diversity.
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