The Great Global Warming Swindle

[Weltall]

I kinda want to give doomsday prophets like Al Gore the benefit of the doubt and assume that they're being doomsday prophets not because they really believe it's the likeliest result, but because that's what some people need to become aware. Useful cynicism, and all that. I don't believe the doomsday warnings. No doomsday prophet has ever been correct, and I don't see it happening now. But, action does need to be taken. I've done some small things, and in all honesty, I've always been pretty good about my personal environmental habits anyway. There's not much debate on the black and white, but the graduality and scope is very much undecided. Leaning too far towards ignorance obviously has its disastrous results, but going overzealous is not a good idea either. You can't fix things overnight.

I read the Time story, and the expanded version in the magazine. I like many of those ideas, mostly because it goes to show that there is a great awareness, and that even the big evil corporations are taking steps, especially now that there's a mass drive to discover alternate fuel sources. The first companies to figure out that puzzle stand to make a fucking mint, and the ones that lag behind will fall. Simple as that. There's plenty of financial incentive to explore this route. The last thing we need is for the government to step in and force strict mandates. It will harm the economy and turn people antipathetic to the whole concept. The free market appears to be readying itself to tackle the problem like the government never can.