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Open thread August 30, 2013

Dan Crawford | August 30, 2013 10:08 am

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4 Comments
  • save_the_rustbelt says:
    August 30, 2013 at 10:53 am

    Hey Bears, enjoy the weekend.

  • rjs says:
    August 30, 2013 at 7:00 pm

    benchmarks matter…

    http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/graph/?graph_id=135044&category_id=0

    blue line, old GDP deflator, chained 2005 dollars, scale right…

    red line, new deflator, chained 2009 dollars, scale left..

  • CoRev says:
    September 2, 2013 at 8:05 am

    This 10 min video gives a good ECONOMIC background why all carbon trading/taxing schemes are doomed to failure.
    http://wattsupwiththat.com/2013/09/01/my-50-to-1-project-interview-is-now-online-along-with-the-main-video/#more-92941

  • sammy says:
    September 2, 2013 at 9:37 pm

    CoRev,

    The debate is not about facts. If it was, AGW would have lost years ago.

    It is about CONTROL. The libs want to scare enough people into giving their carbon output to Big Government.

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