Wolf_ODonnell wrote:Look, even President Bush is starting to believe that something must be done on the issue of carbon expenditure.
Does it really matter?
The fact of the matter is, we must reduce the use of fossil fuels even if it is just for security reasons. Why should the US be dependent on nations filled with people that hate it?
Even if it doesn't make sense from an ecological point of view, it still makes sense from a national security point of view.
If your energy source comes from inside your own country, you help minimise the ability of other countries to hinder your economy by rising the prices for your fuel.
Then let's be honest about the problem, okay? If fuel reduction is desirable due to high prices, limited supply, the ability of other nations to hold us hostage, then the American people will buy that and they will come through. They always have. But tell them that it is necessary to save the planet when they can read the opposing science quite well just looks like smoke and mirrors to them. If the reduced CO2 emmissions are somehow beneficial then its all to the good.
The problem the envivonmental activists are having, however, is they haven't made their case that human CO2 emissions are having significant, if any, impact on climatological changes. The article I posted in the last day or two illustrates the problem the activists have convincing people who aren't willing to buy into any junk science that comes along.