the earth will look after itself - Philip Wilkinson

Perhaps the question is what if the earth doesn't like us doing what we're doing to it ... and it decides to kick us out!!! - Chip Duford

philip: sure, but who's looking out for us/me? - Chris Heath

i like how he said that the question of expense, and should we pay for it is a political/policy one and not one for him to answer - Chris Heath

People are not generally motivated by compassion for non-human objects. They are motivated by money and cost-savings. - Joel Zehring

Has anyone mentioned Dr. Kiki's earrings? Looking good - Matthew

There is a new conspiracy theory that it is a plot cooked up by Europe to weaken the U.S. economy. Their countries are more suited to mass transit than pretty much the entire deep South, Midwest, and Big Sky parts of the country that are too spread out for light rail to make a big dent in gasoline usage. Crackpot, but not without consequences that merit discussion. - Jomichael Porter

The U.S. has massive reserves of energy stored in domestic coal. Limiting carbon emission denies us access to that energy store. - Jomichael Porter

When is this going to be available as a podcast on iTunes? - Jomichael Porter

Sorry, "netcast." - Jomichael Porter

probably tomorrow - Matthew

Last week's isn't there yet. At least I couldn't find it. - Jomichael Porter

Call in now at +1 724-444-7444 or log into http://www.talkshoe.com/talksho... and search for twit - Leo Laporte

Is there any significance to the data that says 95% of the greenhouse gas in the atmosphere is water vapor, only about 4% of the remainder is CO2, and only something like 3% of that is man made? Sorry, but there is so much data out there that I think it would take a team of researchers just to sift through it, find the sources, evaluate their methodology, and then interpret the results, so I'm just asking about the skeptical data that stuck in my head. - Jomichael Porter

The climate has been changing for much longer than humans have been here. Greenhouse effect from CO2 is self limiting. The solar cycle has a vaslty greater effect on climate than all human activity. Climate change is a politically motivated scam. - Robert Hafer

I do have a friend who believes GW is a hoax intended to extend governmental control over industry and spread Socialism further throughout the world. I think the founder of the Weather Channel is in this camp. - Jomichael Porter

What I am interested in is, given that we accept the evidence says global warming is real, what is the science saying about the best way to stop it? What is the evidence that decreasing CO2 emissions will stop the process? - Tom Scrace

I would have called leo, but I felt my opinions/feelings were adequately represented on air - Gabe

1PM EST. Chat with Leonard Mlodinow Author of The Drunkard's Walk: How Randomness Rules Our Lives http://twisbookclub.ning.com - Gabe

I find it interesting that we are obsessed over global warming, supposedly for the sake of our children, but at the same time, we don't give a darn about how much debt we are saddling our children with. - Stephen M. Otto

Dr. John Christy gave an excellent talk on the subject at the recent SPE GPEC conference. http://tinyurl.com/o9embg to download the pdf of his presentation. Executive Summary: man's warmed up the earth a little but all the models are way off and we're not as warm as we have been in the past. - Grendel Khan

I didn't hear the episode, but if you think climate change is a myth or not import enough to address then you are an idiot. - Wo

Wo, if you think cap and trade policy is going to have any effect on our planetary climate, I'm afraid you are in the same category. - Stephen M. Otto

Only heard part of the show. Science has always had the burden of the State due to funding. Call carbon credits a new business model by political means not by science. I like the show. - Dutch [aka fairuse]