tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8216971263350849959.post4882840935728287798..comments2023-08-07T16:41:49.660+02:00Comments on Die Klimazwiebel: Oil spill, climate policies, and the role of scienceeduardohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17725131974182980651noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8216971263350849959.post-45650484991581304812010-06-09T18:53:24.086+02:002010-06-09T18:53:24.086+02:00I'm also hoping this opens the door to more pr...I'm also hoping this opens the door to more pragmatic arguments about the energy infrastructure. Understanding the "energy problem" in some ways seems simpler than the "climate problem", with more room for common ground among those who are not currently benefiting from production.<br />However in addition to the challenge and cost of reconfiguring the infrastructure with all of its inertia and entrenched power, there has been a lack of direct effects to break people out of their business-as-usual assumptions. The oil spill offers one such opportunity (fuel prices are another), but even there much of the debate has revolved around how to conduct or regulate deep-sea drilling. Connecting it to the bigger issue of the future of energy requires a bit of a leap. Sure, the images of the oil slick are more "real" than anything associated with global warming, but what do they really mean? I'm afraid that meaning here is still very much up for grabs.Zajkohttp://mczajk@ucalgary.canoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8216971263350849959.post-19589947170586294812010-06-07T17:14:14.955+02:002010-06-07T17:14:14.955+02:00Thanks for posting this Werner,
I agree it is mor...Thanks for posting this Werner,<br /><br />I agree it is more than appropriate for Obama to link climate legislation and the oil spill. I think this also highlights the limitiations of focusing so much of the climate change debate on CO2 emissions, the horrible effects of oil production are experienced wherever oil production is. <br /><br />To be sure, better regulation is needed, but human error and incompetence are as near to certainties in life as we can get, so things like this will continue to happen. I think a better distribution of the costs is necessary. In the current system, the costs are disproportionally borne by those living near production(who also tend to be the poorest), not by those creating the demand. <br /><br />IMO, Andy Revkin gets it right on;<br /><br />"The oil disaster doesn’t belong to BP, or to President Obama or his predecessor; we all own it."isaacschumannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09085509323786384439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8216971263350849959.post-40920070135145983042010-06-07T04:35:55.541+02:002010-06-07T04:35:55.541+02:00Another example of imprecise science being mobiliz...Another example of imprecise science being mobilized in the debate surrounding the oil spill is UCAR's press release about oil going up the atlantic coast.<br />More on that here:<br />http://adaptalready.wordpress.com/2010/06/06/irresponsible-science-communication-models-media-and-oil-in-the-gulf/<br />Is this a responsible way to participate in the debate?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com