Don’t be a Rodney, John, be a Barack on climate change. That’s the central message of the new Don’t be a Rodney, John Key! blog, created to promote a letter-writing campaign to our new leader, urging him to ignore ACT’s call for inaction and recognise that this is an issue that demands clear, consistent leadership. Blogger Morgan points out:
The world is watching. On Tuesday 18 November, Barack Obama made a powerful statement that was heard around the globe: “Now is the time to confront this challenge once and for all. Delay is no longer an option. Denial is no longer an acceptable response. The stakes are too high. The consequences, too serious.”
Delay? Denial? He’s talking about Rodney!
I wholeheartedly endorse Morgan’s campaign. Write a letter or send an email to Key (details of how on the site), politely urging action. Join the Facebook group. I’m going to write to Key, Nick Smith and my constituency MP, Colin King. I hope they’ll listen.
But I’m not holding my breath.
PS: Russell Brown covers the ACT denial deal in detail here. Worth a read (h/t Carol).
PPS: Jeanette Fitzsimons has a punchy post on Key’s options over at Frogblog.
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Since 1860 there has been a far better correlation between the sunspot cycle and temperature than there has been between carbon dioxide and temperature. Drawing emailed to Carol Stewart.
Stupidity of the fart tax.
Start with carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.
Carbon converted to grass with the aid of sunlight.
Carbon (grass) converted to meat, bone and milk in cows, also excreta.
Meat and milk diverted to human biomass while bone is returned to the soil as blood and bone meal.
Carbon (grass) also converted to carbon dioxide and methane.
Methane converted to carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.
In this part of the cycle there net transfer of carbon from the atmosphere to the soil in the form of excreta and bone meal.
The milk and meat are converted to meat and bone in the human biomass which also releases carbon dioxide and methane to the atmosphere.
Unfortunately, if you believe that carbon dioxide is bad stuff, carbon dioxide is returned to the atmosphere when human bodies are cremated. Those of you who believe that carbon dioxide is bad had better be sure that you are not cremated. Burial at sea would be good but better would be the processing of your hard parts into bone meal and your soft parts into compost. Here is your chance to make a contribution to the world that matches your loudly expressed views.
Following the trail we can see that all the carbon in this cycle comes from the atmosphere but some of it is returned to the soil and fixed, temporarily at least. Do you bit and ensure that your carbon does not go up the smokestack!
Roger, you seem to have begun using this place to post random musings that have, at best, a tangential relationship to either Gareth’s original post or the evolving discussions. Have you ever considered getting your own blog for these and doing us the courtesy of staying on topic when you post here?
The topic is AGW. The whole blog revolves around AGW and carbon dioxide. My post relates to carbon dioxide.
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