Tuesday, March 04, 2008

Global warming and politics

Despite many people's belief that global warming is a moral issue, the lack of real scientific consensus puts it more political than moral. John Lott Jr asks: Is it really a crisis? In light of the US presidential elections, he proposes four questions that need a YES, if only to make a little more sense out of this GW debate. In part, he concludes: However good the intentions, the debate over global warming is much more complicated than simply saying that the world is getting warmer. It is too bad that these questions won’t be getting a real debate this election. The irony is that those who sell themselves as being so caring aren't careful enough to investigate the impact of their regulations.

Even as RP's policy makers are moving also towards tweaking regulations along the line of GWA, perhaps we can ask the same questions also.

Read Lott here.

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