tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3286106202636235175.post403490299282872452..comments2023-05-03T10:49:42.621+01:00Comments on John Rhys on Energy, Climate and Carbon: CLIMATE CHANGE AND POLITICAL STEREOTYPESJohn Rhyshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11377389836259129821noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3286106202636235175.post-40277794633180064902016-04-07T19:03:02.073+01:002016-04-07T19:03:02.073+01:00I think the political theory is interesting, and t...I think the political theory is interesting, and there is a clear link between neo-liberal economics and climate scepticism for the very obvious reason that a huge externality implies a huge intervention at some point in the system, making the carbon climate link and extremely "inconvenient truth". <br /><br />But there are also other very obvious and even more fundamental reasons that make it very difficult. It is the ultimate challenge in getting total global cooperation; it is very long term in its consequences - many political cycles; humans (all of us) are very bad at understanding comparative risk concepts; and there are long time lags (20 years plus) before we see the consequences. Some of these are addressed in the climate science section.<br /><br />It is of course a tragedy that it has been politicised to the extent that it has. John Rhyshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11377389836259129821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3286106202636235175.post-27561532975945896812016-04-04T19:48:26.009+01:002016-04-04T19:48:26.009+01:00I think the crossover piece on voting tendencies o...I think the crossover piece on voting tendencies on Europe and climate change scepticism is an interesting angle. I would recommend reading anything by Ronald Dworkin on political/legal theory and this tribalism in voting patterns e.g. 'Is Democracy Possible Here'? Ben Ansteynoreply@blogger.com