Global Baloney
August 15th, 2007 by Peter SudermanDespite much rancor on both sides, the real debate over global warming isn’t about the science, it’s about the policies with which we choose to address it. And right now, the policies that receive the most attention–such as cap-and-trade–don’t look promising. As Robert Samuelson puts it in the Post this morning:
The global-warming debate’s great unmentionable is this: We lack the technology to get from here to there. Just because Arnold Schwarzenegger wants to cut emissions 80 percent below 1990 levels by 2050 doesn’t mean it can happen. At best, we might curb the growth of emissions.
The whole column is worth reading.
