I feel like i have have to answer to those allegations you have put forth. First if there’s anything relevant to a discussion why dont you post on nowpublic instead of writing this “There are a number of problems with his comment but I chose to leave this comment”

lets get it all out. Shouldn’t that be the purpose of a site where opinions are discussed!

Its unfortunate that people tend to label people as either left or right (actually the name of this site tells it all regarding the bias of opinions than nowpublic..

I’m sorry to inform you that jobs moving to China has nothing to do with leftisme and what-have-you of paranoid thinking. The loss of jobs and weak US economy, is the partly the product of pure liberal market mechanisms. As long as China for instance can produce commodities and programming skills cheaper and people are willing to buy that, even though it could be made by children under miserable work condition, the fact remains that this will cause the loss of jobs. In regards to that i think the US has to wake up and start adapting to new balance of power when it comes to the exchange of commodities and manufacturing prices globally.

I agree to some extend that economics are a major factor when it comes to CO2 reduction and cost benefit analysis has to be made or the economy will be crippled. even a danish guy like Bjorn Lomborg has even recently acknowledged that CO2 is an issue, it’s just how we tacle it that is the subject of discussion.

I Denmark we are seeing companies (Danfoss solutions) selling energy saving project to large manufacturing companies and those companies literally saving a lot of money of energy reduction. When private corporation sees the economic benefits, the process will start automatically. And the this area of business of growing rapidly.

Lets keep that the main issue not whether he or she are left, rigth or part of any lobbist organisation promoting any specific belief.
it a bit sad that this site equates any enviromentalist thinking with leftisme and i see as an reductionist way of of political thinking.
As for myself, living in Denmark, i can see good things in both liberal economy and left oriented economy and i dont see things black or white as some or should i say a lot of americans do. We should be able to have a sane discussion on the environmental issues of the world and the clima debate needs to become more nuanced focusing on the real issues instead of blaming the letist for everything,crying over whalehunters in the Artics or melting icebergs.

Gaffri Johnson