Stunning Anticlimax

New at Reason: Straight from Milan's Il Duomo cathedral, Ron Bailey dons his red hat, raises his staff, and closes the COP9 synod with a puff of black smoke.

Comments

[Sandy]

Nit pick:

Gargoyles are decorative. Flying buttresses are structural elements--they were an innovation that allowed the creation of cathedrals of that size with the building materials and techniques that were available at the time.

Arguably the carbon sinks are a bigger deal than an adjustment fund, but since they were just nailing down the fine print, it was more like plasterwork along the buttress.

[SteveInClearwater]

If the Climate Change folks take out advertising on the D.C. Metro to promote their cause, will they be blasted by conservative redneck congresspeople??

🙂

[SteveInClearwater]

Ya know, "Legalize Cleaner Air and Enjoy Better Sex"...okay, enough for now...heh

[Evan McElravy]

"Il Duomo cathedral:" Isn't that redundant?

[jesus]

wow. Ronald Bailey tells us that the global icecaps melting is just a coincidence. He says that all the government reports showing global warming aren't true. He knows more about global warming than anyone, since he sits at a desk in some swank think tank funded by Exxon Mobil that denies global warming exists (HMM--wonder how that works) Does anyone believe the bullshit that this guys is telling us?

[Larry]

Hey, I like the cathedral analogy. What else do you build if you have faith in a belief without any firm scientific support?