James Hansen to boycott Copenhagen

[GliderGuider]

NASA Climate Change Scientist to Boycott Copenhagen Climate Summit

The "grandfather of climate change" is boycotting next week's climate change summit in Copenhagen--and what's more, he hopes it fails. It might seem like an antithetical position for James Hansen, the director of NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies, but his objection is to the cap and trade system being proposed, The London Times reported yesterday.

The "grandfather of climate change" is boycotting next week's climate change summit in Copenhagen--and what's more, he hopes it fails. It might seem like an antithetical position for James Hansen, the director of NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies, but his objection is to the cap and trade system being proposed, The London Times reported yesterday.

Hansen, who first sounded the alarm about rising temperatures in the 1980s, told The Times he would rather world leaders wait a year than develop a plan that doesn't address the root problems.

Hansen says the cap and trade system being floated as a solution will widen the economic gap between the world's richest and poorest countries:

They are selling indulgences there. The developed nations want to continue basically business as usual so they are expected to purchase indulgences to give some small amount of money to developing countries. They do that in the form of offsets and adaptation funds.

[Buzz Clik]

1. Hansen is starting to lose his grip.

As little as five years ago, he was adamant that we would feel no effects of global warming for 20 to 50 years, but the time to act was now.

We then had an uptick in temperature, and suddenly he was on the "the end is near" band wagon.

Now, he wants to meddle in the solution to the problem.

We appreciate your incredible contribution to the cause, Jim. Time to move on.

[GliderGuider]

2. I have to find out what kind of grip you use.

I can never get spin like that.

[Buzz Clik]

3. Spin? It's a matter of fact.