My favorite comment on The Hartwell Paper comes from a guest post at Lucia's blog:Not the end of blog warfare!? That alone will kill the ideas we suggest ;-)For people who believe that AGW is a real problem and are frustrated that there is no significant political movement, the authors may offer a new way forward. For people who have resisted AGW on the theory that it is merely a narrow political agenda dressed in overstated scientific claims, the Hartwell paper is an opportunity (challenge?) to join a more affirmative, more open-ended approach.
For all of us who have long enjoyed the vitriol, the thrill of combat and the deeply obsessive nature of climate-debate blogging, the Hartwell approach may be a threat to this cherished form of recreation if people were to start thinking outside the box in this fashion.