Cooling the global-warming debate.
| Publisher | Reason Foundation |
| Publication | Reason |
| Subject | Humanities |
| Format | Magazine/Journal |
| ISSN | 0048-6906 |
| Issues per Year | 11 |
| Volume | 36 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Published | 2004-07-01 |
| Role | Type | Name |
| Author | n/a | Terry L. Anderson |
| Person | Research | James Hansen |
| Person | Beliefs, opinions and attitudes | James Hansen |
| Person | Research | Robert McCormick |
| Person | Beliefs, opinions and attitudes | Robert McCormick |
In the March 2004 issue of Scientific American, National Aeronautics and Space Administration global-warming expert James Hansen notes that greenhouse gas emissions and global-warming projections are "consistently pessimistic." Hansen suggests that projections do not take into account the lower carbon dioxide and methane emissions that have resulted from technological advancements. He explains that the lower carbon dioxide emissions result from increased energy efficiency following the energy crisis in the 1970s and the lower methane emissions, from technological changes in...
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