“The trains carrying coal to power plants are death trains. Coal-fired power plants are factories of death”
“CEOs of fossil energy companies know what they are doing and are aware of the long-term consequences of continued business as usual. In my opinion, these CEOs should be tried for high crimes against humanity and nature.”
– James Hansen
Looks like a cold winter on the way. We are only one month into Autumn, and temperatures in Siberia are already down to -34F.
Last winter saw extreme cold over much of the Northern Hemisphere. Two winters ago, China was faced with coal shortages because of the extreme cold and record snow.
How many millions of people would die every winter without coal? If the coal trains were stopped, many people freeze to death. Dead in a very real sense, not in the sense of the output of a half-baked computer model.
Hansen wants the people who provide the coal jailed, for the high crime of not believing his hysterical rantings.
I could have lived without see the faces of Lovelock and Hansen today. It really is funny (funny odd, not funny haha) how many people think they are good men only because they talk about saving something—and how dare anyone question them.
Quite right Steve. Carbon Dioxide in the atmosphere causes plants to grow. Animal life can then eat the plants. We can eat the animals or the plants. Either way all life on Earth depends on CO2.
If Hansen weren’t a so-called “scientist”, statements like that would qualify him for a padded-cell. It’s beyond arrogant..it’s off there is la-la land.
Steve;
Would you post the specific reference to Hansen’s comments above. It would be suitable for inclusion in my article.
http://www.grist.org/article/hansen-wants-the-skeptics-thrown-in-jail
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/feb/15/james-hansen-power-plants-coal
Steve;
How, where do I reach you privately?
Hey this is like in LA when the thermonmeter broke from the heat, now one broke from the cold. Where is the media, Ice age coming? Winter has just started and already it’s so cold!
Are they going to arrest Super La Nina too? http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/the-super-la-nina-and-the-coming-winter/#comment-671221
http://icecap.us/images/uploads/ARCTIC.pdf
The arctic as well, should we arrest it for having a cycle?