Re: [Phys-l] Prof. Hal Lewis resigns from APS

["A. John Mallinckrodt" <ajm@csupomona.edu>]

David Marx writes:

> ... The "cap and trade" bill has already passed through the House and will 
> soon make its way through the Senate.  Perhaps people should look into that.

The topic of capping carbon emissions is useful for reminding ourselves just how extreme policy makers in the Republican party have become in such a very short time.  See the editorial in yesterday's NYT
 
   http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/18/opinion/18mon1.html?_r=2

which closes with a little history lesson:

"Nowadays, it is almost impossible to recall that in 2000, George W. Bush promised to cap carbon dioxide, encouraging some to believe that he would break through the partisan divide on global warming. Until the end of the 1990s, Republicans could be counted on to join bipartisan solutions to environmental problems. Now they’ve disappeared in a fog of disinformation, an entire political party parroting the Cheney line."

John Mallinckrodt
Cal Poly Pomona