Al Gore has something to say to you:

But btw: YOUR neo-con buddies made everything and anything about making money and getting power. So you should not be surprised that some entrepreneurs may want to profit while doing something for the right cause (even if it's not their motive). You talk about getting the rich richer, yeah, very good liberal talking point. So, what would prevent the rich from getting richer in your opinion?

And, what's more important: the republican answer to any problem seems to be tax cuts, so the obvious REAL solution must be the opposite: taxing bad behaviour. Yeah, so what if some companies leave the country to pollute elsewhere? What about not buying their products? What about lobbying against them, they are the real enemies of the state!

And another thing: global warming is accepted by pretty much the whole scientific community around the world, just some nutcases in the U.S. repudiate it's happening, coincidentally the country that produces the most pollutants and thus needs to restructure the most to adjust to the new conditions. Hmmm, maybe, just maybe, someone will profit more, if that there is no regulation of industrial emissions?

Anyway, even if global warming was just an alarmist crackpot theory... Would that really make reducing air pollution a bad thing? Do your grand-children have any allergies or asthma?

by eborujion on 06/27/2009 11:39:13 PM EST