Stamp Act

by Russ Roberts on May 5, 2009

The evidence is overwhelming that global warming is caused by humans, incompetent humans in the US Post Office, unable to keep costs down. (HT: Planet Gore)

Comments

{ 18 comments }

indiana jim May 5, 2009 at 1:30 pm: Now we see if DK has a sense of humor.
Speedmaster May 5, 2009 at 1:38 pm: LOL, well-done!!!
Daniel Kuehn May 5, 2009 at 2:10 pm: indiana jim -
absolutely not! the mockery of climate change is outrageous! I won't stand for it!

…. jk
Mark May 5, 2009 at 2:25 pm: I have many friends and coworkers who would hardly find this funny.
Methinks May 5, 2009 at 2:43 pm: Oh, this made my day.
K Ackermann May 5, 2009 at 3:25 pm: It's caused by the US prison population.
Andrew_M_Garland May 5, 2009 at 4:04 pm: Dispelling the Global Warming Myth

There is a very close correlation between global temperature and solar output. See the graph. That even seems reasonable in its own way. (smile)
indiana jim May 5, 2009 at 4:58 pm: DK has a sense of humor, ok good. But now with Garland's graph we will learn if he is a religious type regarding global warming.
David S May 5, 2009 at 5:03 pm: is this just a general crack at correlation/causation inferences, or is Russ saying that he doesn't really buy the whole climate change hypothesis? If the latter, I really wonder why not at least stay agnostic about something you're not an expert in?
indiana jim May 5, 2009 at 5:14 pm: expert, schmexpert. . .
Andrew_M_Garland May 5, 2009 at 5:23 pm: Dispelling the Global Warming Myth

There is a very close correlation between global temperature and solar output. See the graph. That even seems reasonable in its own way. (smile)

(Re-Post to supply a good link to the graph)
MnM May 5, 2009 at 6:36 pm: I'm convinced that with enough data I can "prove" that the attacks on 9/11 were caused by the increase or decrease in sales of Diet Dr. Pepper, or Loch Ness Monster sightings with the quality of wood used in Louisville Sluggers. ;o)

Who needs to distinguish between correlation and causation?!
Christopher Renner May 5, 2009 at 7:37 pm: The solution is obvious – end the ban on private mail delivery.

I'd be really interested to hear the statist assertions that UPS and FedEx couldn't deliver mail in addition to parcels.
Mark May 5, 2009 at 7:49 pm: I am skeptical of global warming.

but i am also skeptical of Al Gore's investment in Generation Management and other environmentally centered hedge funds which will likely profit from any cap-and-trade scheme enacted by the current administration.

So it seems to me that it is in Gore's financial self interest to peddle this malarkey.
Crusader May 6, 2009 at 4:51 am: Apparently, according to LGF's Charles Johnson, AGW is proven beyond reasonable doubt by "peer reviewed scientists" and that's that.
LowcountryJoe May 6, 2009 at 5:36 am: The science is in. The debate is over! [/in my best Austrian (School?) voice]
Bob Guzzardi May 6, 2009 at 9:40 am: This is great. Humor punctures pretensions and the pretentious self absorbed know it all academic Olympians. Laughing out loud. Thanks Don and Russ. Smiling on a rainy day in Philadelphia's western suburbs.
Hardcore Capitalist May 11, 2009 at 9:11 am: Russ,

I have an immense amount of respect for you and I am an libertarian in every sense of the word, but C'mon seriously??

This is very disappointing. Please don't ignore facts because it doesn't agree with our shared ideology.