tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1305485489754759960.post8613309608270653090..comments2018-12-06T06:57:22.185-05:00Comments on The Power Generation: Human rights today, climate change tomorrowcolleenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16404462293985480565noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1305485489754759960.post-45628132114694336192009-10-27T17:49:05.503-04:002009-10-27T17:49:05.503-04:00Also, interesting redesign. Though I am partial t...Also, interesting redesign. Though I am partial to the foreboding inspired by the black design.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16781522413511510882noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1305485489754759960.post-82717988918856383172009-10-27T17:46:58.022-04:002009-10-27T17:46:58.022-04:00An interesting question. I think one aspect we sh...An interesting question. I think one aspect we should consider is whether we should be intervening in Myanmar, Sudan, etc. in any direct way. There is no global society, and while I admit that it is a noble concept, it isn't actual. However, there may be situations that we can act on through global channels; hopefully climate change is one of these situations. Every person *should* have sympathy/empathy for the individual loss of life, but some things are hard and require an equally hard resolve. I tend to think that many cases of human suffering are cases that involve global financial managers. I question whether the human rights cause can make *any* progress if this is the case, and global finance is a much bigger problem to deal with (and one that few are willing to address).<br />So, for all the Star Trek fans that I *know* are reading this, "The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few." Yeah, I went there.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16781522413511510882noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1305485489754759960.post-84890401794658700232009-10-26T20:31:05.495-04:002009-10-26T20:31:05.495-04:00Well, we already can directly map oil to CO2 emiss...Well, we already can directly map oil to CO2 emissions, so with the long established blood-for-oil market we've established it shouldn't be too hard to set up a reliable unit conversion. (rimshot)<br /><br />Dealing with the Chinese is huge, if we can't get them and India to grow in an environmentally safe manner we're hosed. Parts of China are already so poisoned by their economic/environmental policies, they are the greatest developing crisis area. Couple this with the fact that we have lost a lot of moral ground to preach about human rights after Bush/Gitmo/Abu Graib, and it makes a lot of sense to push the Chinese in areas where there's some hope of near-term progress.Werlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06352168336030151503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1305485489754759960.post-45762856648297724712009-10-26T09:48:42.594-04:002009-10-26T09:48:42.594-04:00Very important and tough questions for everyone to...Very important and tough questions for everyone to grapple with. While we're talking about exchanging current lives for future lives in our climate-cost-vs-benefit analysis, we should probably also be talking about whether carbon mitigation alone is really the best strategy for preventing the worst effects of climate change (and most human suffering). When you're paying for something in human lives, it seems especially important to get the best possible deal.Isaiahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08516853223807732681noreply@blogger.com