Comments on: From Here to a Global Climate Treaty

By: ljohn7

ljohn7 — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 15:11:50 +0000

I believe in our being responsible to the earth we inhabit; I believe that we have nearly destroyed it reaching forevermore for things we don’t need. However, I don’t believe that there is any solution to “fix” the damage or prevent more until people are willing to give up the things that require the energy. And I certainly don’t think that a country, or multiple countries, who are experiencing the economic crises we are in now need to be spending billions of dollars/year trying to put a bandaid on something that can’t be fixed without major changes in lifestyle. Each country needs its own energy plan, I agree, but this is not something that can be addressed on a worldwide scale. You can blame the US Finance committee all you want to, but I think they have enough on their hands just now without adding something like this to it. When you are prepared to give up your computer, your cell phone, your car, and stop flying around the country to convince someone to give you the money of other people to pay for the eradication of the emissions you yourself are contributing to, then talk to me about support. Until then, the best thing you can do is conserve.

By: nickengelfried

nickengelfried — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 19:42:15 +0000

Hi Morgan,

Thanks for this post! As someone whose senator is on the finance committee, I’d really like to talk to you more about this important chance to influence the Copenhagen process. If you’re able to shoot me an email at nicke.activism[at]gmail.com, I’d like to ask your advice on how to get the most out of a couple opportunities coming up to influence one of the committee members.
Thanks again!

By: Craig Glenzer

Craig Glenzer — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 12:47:33 +0000

Dear Morgan Goodwin,

This treaty WILL give away our sovereignty—NO COMMENT ?!?!??!?!

By: Elizabeth Toel

Elizabeth Toel — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 23:06:23 +0000

As a person who is trying to decide where I stand on this subject – I am curious – with our economy the way it is now, where are these millions of dollars that are going to be sent to other countries, to help them clean up, going to come from?

By: Peter F

Peter F — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 22:06:59 +0000

I agree with Liberty1776. Hasn’t it finally been admitted by the ‘experts’ that the other planets in our solar system shared same warming trend that the earth followed? Hasn’t it been shown that the net change in emissions from European countries who are throwing money hand over fist at ‘green energy’ is zero? Which globes’ warming are you fighting? Why do you want to transfer wealth from a country where capitalism has enriched the lives of its citizens to countries where citizens are oppressed?

I am concerned about the environment. I recycle. I don’t waste electricity. I avoid disposable products. Do you? Or do you just talk about it and want to pass laws requiring it? I’m getting really tired of people like you wanting to steal from people like me who have worked hard for every dime I have.

Do you people think about the true consequences of want you want in advance? Remember R12? It is a very efficient refrigerant. It has been mandated away. Now, we spend more money on energy in products that use far less efficient refrigerants. More fuels are used to cool our cars, houses (or yurts), and freezers with the new, less efficient refrigerants. The new “greener” refrigerants are more caustic to components. Components have to be replaced more frequently. Huge amounts of energy are expended in the manufacture of replacement components. What does that do for net emissions?

The only “green” initiative that I think is reasonable (when considering all aspects and not just the knee jerk things) is to hop on your bicycle and ride it to work. But when it rains or snows I sure am glad I have a car.

By: Kevin

Kevin — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 03:20:25 +0000

Someone please expalin to me why the U.S. needs to sign on to anything in order to be “green?” As a Sovereign nation we can do anything we want in terms of helping the climate. Signing onto this treaty will give the U.N. the ability to say what the U.S. can or cannot do. To say that global warming is threatening lives or livelihoods, security, and freedom is erroneous.

By: Another1776er

Another1776er — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 23:57:48 +0000

This is disgusting,

I hope you little runts like the political re-education camps, here’s a tip, try and
get along without your glasses because they are ones they will shoot first.

If you need a villain for your eco-scare, try multinational corporations, not the
general public.

By: Morgan

Morgan — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 03:10:50 +0000

Liberty – I’m not quite sure what your talking about with cockroaches and all that. Global warming is threatening people’s livelihoods, their security and their freedom.

Furthermore, our ‘wealth’ it least partly based on exploitation. Exploitation of American resources, and when those started to get used up, exploitation of resources of other countries – all things that take away people’s freedom. So yes, we have a tremendous responsibility to act.

By: liberty1776

liberty1776 — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 22:27:59 +0000

This treaty will give away our sovereignty and redistribute American “wealth”, our taxes, to 3rd world countries. Man made global warming is a fallacy. One of the biggest Marxist hoaxes perpetrated on man. Lock N’ load the treasonous cockroaches are here to play.