CO2 Contributed by Human Activity: 12 to 15ppmv / version 1

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This is a note I sent to an environmentalist.

Mr. Tarbuck, your zeal and conscience are commendable. But, the Earth is actually in damn good shape, things aren't nearly as bad as some would have us believe. Likewise, the human populace in general has never been more prosperous or peaceful. Yes, we still have problems, but throughout human history things have never been better, and we can be proud of that.

Yet, many innocents still suffer unnecessarily. Saddest is the plight of innocent children who lack basic nutrition, medicine and education. Even worse is the plight of the hundreds of thousands who are exploited and abused. These kids need our help, and just a few crumbs from the trillions of dollars we waste on CO2 reductions could save millions of these poor waifs. I pray you start to count the blessings we have, and channel your moral outrage to help these kids who cannot help themselves.

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Government Motors. How do you like your gov't investing your money for you?

UPDATE 1-Canada finance minister says no plans to sell GM stake

30 Nov 2012 13:58 ET * Flaherty says fire sale is not in taxpayers' interest * Ontario official says stake will be sold for best return * Canada and Ontario became GM shareholders in 2009 bailout VICTORIA, British Columbia, Nov 30 (Reuters) - Canada has no immediate plans to sell its shares in General Motors Co, Finance Minister Jim Flaherty said on Friday, and the province of Ontario said it would offload its GM stake only when it can get the "best possible return" for taxpayers. Both were responding to a report in the Globe and Mail newspaper on Friday that said Ontario's finance minister believed it was time for both the Canadian and Ontario governments to shed their GM shares. "I don't think at this time it would be in our interest, the taxpayers of Canada, to engage in a fire sale of those shares, and I don't intend to do it right now," Flaherty told reporters in Victoria, British Columbia. The two governments became shareholders of GM in 2009 when they contributed a combined C$10.8 billion ($10.89 billion) to a bailout to keep GM afloat. The U.S. government provided about US$50 billion. Canada and Ontario's combined 9 percent stake, made up of around 140 million common shares and 16.1 million preferred shares, was worth C$3.5 billion at the end of September. "I was in the private sector for many years. I wasn't in the habit of selling stocks at half their price," Flaherty said. Separately, Aly Vitunski, a spokeswoman for Ontario Finance Minister Dwight Duncan, said Ontario will sell its GM shares "when the time and circumstances are appropriate and in a judicious manner to ensure that Ontarians receive the best possible return on their investment". The Globe had quoted Duncan as saying that "the sooner we're out of the stock the better". Selling the stock would give an immediate boost to the coffers of both governments, which are both trying to reduce their budget deficits, the newspaper said. That is because the book value of the shares on the government's books is much lower than the current share price. Flaherty said he has had "continuing discussions" on the subject of the GM stake with U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner.

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