http://www.carlineconomics.com Applications of economics and science for rational public policy by Alan Carlin Mon, 01 Mar 2010 04:53:06 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Jones Has Conceded a Little, but He Remains Unwilling to Take a More Objective View of Climate Science One notable aspect of Phil Jones' responses to the BBC (see BBC news article and Q&As) was the fact that the BBC actually asked some probing questions and Jones actually answered them. ... http://www.carlineconomics.com/archives/799 Current scrutiny of the AGW/alarmist/warmist positions quite deservedly centers primarily on the scientific integrity of the UN/IPCC reports, which in the United States may be crucial in the question of whether EPA acted in accordance with EPA regulations in determining that GHGs endanger public health and welfare. It is ... http://www.carlineconomics.com/archives/711 (Additional sources added January 30, 2010) The Obama Administration decided in its first month in office to try to use the authority given to EPA by the Supreme Court in Massachusetts vs. EPA to regulate the emissions of greenhouse gases (GHGs) under the Clean Air Act. Instead of conducting its ... http://www.carlineconomics.com/archives/629 On Monday EPA announced its endangerment finding for greenhouse gases. One can infer from the timing of the announcement that the Administration may have taken this action at this time in order to bring something to the table at the Copenhagen COP15 meeting. From a scientific viewpoint it ... http://www.carlineconomics.com/archives/604 In my view the Emails and computer files from the Climate Research Unit (CRU) in Great Britain may prove to be of some importance to the USEPA's current attempts to control greenhouse gases (GHGs) under the Clean Air Act. This is because EPA, perhaps at the urging of others ... http://www.carlineconomics.com/archives/588 One of the major problems with attempts by government to select winners in the selection of energy sources is that they are almost certain to select inefficient and quite possibly even environmentally inferior choices compared to leaving these choices to the workings of the market. The choice of energy ... http://www.carlineconomics.com/archives/483 (One source added January 28, 2010) One of the basic problems in reaching rational conclusions with regard to global climate change problems is that AGW proponents and skeptics largely use different data sources and very different analyses of the global temperature data to support their cases. Global ... http://www.carlineconomics.com/archives/303 (Updated February 28, 2010 to include added sources) In a previous post I explained why I believe that the United Nations GHG hypothesis that significant global warming will occur as a result of increasing greenhouse gas (such as CO2) levels is implausible.  In this post I will explain why I believe ... http://www.carlineconomics.com/archives/172 On June 30 I appeared on the Glenn Beck show, where I showed two charts from my Comments on the proposed EPA endangerment finding report. Although these two graphs do not prove or disprove the existence of significant global warming as a result of increasing levels of carbon dioxide in ... http://www.carlineconomics.com/archives/113 Some may have wondered how I reconcile my skepticism about the United Nations hypothesis that emissions of CO2 and other greenhouse gases have an important effect on global temperatures fits with my interest in stratospheric geoengineering as an attractive alternative to reductions in CO2 emissions? This interest is shown ... http://www.carlineconomics.com/archives/71