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Now you sound like Bush and Iraq...
Tom Brosz — (archived)

Sorry, but it was impossible to resist. ;)

The problem with the "why not" argument is that the alternatives to a more measured approach are not cost-free. The panic proposals typically brought forward on this subject, like Kyoto, carry a serious economic and industrial penalty.

I have no problem with more reasonable ideas, like building more nuclear power plants, or encouraging alternatives (high prices do that on their own in the marketplace) There are plenty of reasons to reduce our use of oil even if CO2 was no issue at all. But God save us from the Chicken Littles with guns.

What happens all too often when a "crisis" is perceived is that our representatives in Washington (who mostly share, among other things, butt-ignorance about all things technological and economic) will run around in circles and then do something of colossal stupidity (see also: gasoline prices). This is totally bipartisan.

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