Questionable solutions
Geoengineering, carbon offsets and other "solutions" that many climate scientists reject as unfeasible, ineffective, or extremely risky.
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BiteBetter to adapt than mitigate? This is like saying 'It's better to smoke, get cancer, then spend years in chemo- and radiotherapy, than to simply quit smoking and get healthy.'
"Coal = Jobs?" Yes. For lung doctors!
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Bite"'Coal = Jobs.' Yes, for lung doctors."—Thomas Friedman, New York Times Columnist
Bite" 'Clean coal' represents a breakthrough —in the marketing of coal. But it does not represent a breakthrough in the burning of coal." —Van Jones
Like pushing food around your plate...
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Bite"Carbon offsets...are like pushing your food around your plate to give the impression you've eaten it."
Bite"Before we start geoengineering we have to raise the following question: are we sufficiently talented to take on what might become the onerous permanent task of keeping the Earth in homeostasis?" —James Lovelock
Bite“Is heart surgery preferable to a good diet? Of course not. Let’s go for the good diet.”—Bill Gates, on geoengineering.
Bite‘Senator, why do you support this Keystone boondoggle of foreign corporations selling dirty crap to China?’ – Van Jones, co-host of “Crossfire” on CNN
Bite'Clean coal is a bit like a porous condom: at least the intention was good.' – comedian Robin Williams.