Thursday, May 25, 2006

Finally Feeling the Heat

What is it with humans?

Why do we always wait until the entire human race is about to die before we accept "inconvenient truths?"

Oh, right...MONEY. That's always the reason people act in ways that make absolutely no sense.

Finally Feeling the Heat - New York Times:

"TODAY 'An Inconvenient Truth,' Al Gore's movie about the greenhouse effect, opens in New York and California. Many who already believe global warming is a menace will flock to the film; many who scoff at the notion will opt for Tom Cruise or Tom Hanks. But has anything happened in recent years that should cause a reasonable person to switch sides in the global-warming debate?

Yes: the science has changed from ambiguous to near-unanimous. As an environmental commentator, I have a long record of opposing alarmism. But based on the data I'm now switching sides regarding global warming, from skeptic to convert. "

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