Herman's Comments

Carl has such a great talent for making the most complicated things so clear and so relevant. Nice work.

Graham--This is really for both you and Stephen:
At a press conference in August, i asked Henry Waxman why he wasn't responding more agressively to the deniers, Tea Partiers and especially the "cap&taxers" so aggressively fighting his legislation. Like the veteran fighter that he is, he shrugged and said, essentially (i'm paraphrasing) that there would always be a minority of such noises and he couldn't expend much effort dealing with them because he is busy doing his work and gathering support to him.
i think the attitude is instructive. He wasn't saying not to reply. He was saying, i think, that if it's part of your work to reply, do so, but don't worry too much about what you absolutely cannot make go away and what time will deal with.
herman

Natasha has got it exactly right: See ABOUT THOSE EMIAILS (http://nenmore.blogspot.com/2009/12/about-those-emails.html)
herman

Stephen--
The American Solar Energy Society study, which carefully and fully describes its methodology and sources, shows a full spectrum of jobs being created by New Energy in the next 2 decades. It is linked near the bottom of this post in CLIMATE FIGHT IS GOOD FOR THE BOTTOM LINE (http://newenergynews.blogspot.com/2009/10/climate-fight-is-good-for-sky-good-for.html)
herman