Green Motives Revealed

Morning near Sacramento

WSJ columnist Holman Jenkins presents the case for a Green Rational Deal. His solution to global warming is so inexpensive that it does seem too good to be true, but he is trying to solve the warming problem, not trying to force vast numbers of people to change their desires and behaviors. [bold added]

we could fix the biggest piece of the climate problem by injecting particles into the air sufficient to block 1% of sunlight hitting earth.

No, this would not cure every risk (or end every theorized benefit) associated with higher atmospheric CO2. But it would neutralize the biggest putative risk, namely a warming of the planet. Gernot Wagner, a Harvard economist specializing in climate, is the latest to run the numbers. He estimates that such a program would cost around $2 billion a year. His findings are in line with estimates made by other reputable researchers.

For over 200 years the phrase "blue nose" described a person who tried to impose a strict moral code on the rest of society. The new "green noses" seem to prefer extremely difficult reverse-the-Industrial-Revolution solutions to much simpler, cheaper methods to lower global temperatures. Their motives are revealed by their choices.