As only a lawyer can, Glenn Reynolds points out many of the same things that I believe about global warming, but in a much better way. My favorite part:
Does this matter? Probably not. Regardless of what you think of the
above, burning carbon is a lousy idea. Coal and oil are, over the long
term, far more valuable as chemical feedstocks than as fuels anyway,
and burning them is unacceptably filthy regardless of greenhouse
issues. We should replace them as soon as possible with nice, clean, greenhouse-friendly nuclear plants
and other environmentally friendly power technologies. Burning less
carbon is good planetary hygiene, and good practice generally,
regardless of what you think of global warming. So, I suppose, in a way
we should be pursuing global warming remedies regardless of what you
think about global warming.
He's right of course. There is no reason why we shouldn't be doing these things anyway, regardless of whether we all feel global warming is true or not. As he points out earlier in the piece though, there is no way that some of the heaviest polluters (private jets, stretch limos and their ilk) will stop doing what their doing. It makes sense for the common people to change, but not the rich and powerful. It would cramp their style too much.
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