Although he’s not about to take any action to combat climate change himself — or propose anything useful to his successor — it’s a sign of the times that President Bush has now dimly recognized that there is such an issue.
Bush is in good company, only a little behind the curve. Most politicians, heads of energy companies, and probably a majority of the American public think it’s more important at the moment to worry about the economy, jobs, profits, health care, a slumping dollar, and the mortgage crisis. Sure, we’d all like to stabilize the climate, but not right now! There’s plenty of time to do something about that later — why, some people seem to think we have a good 50 years to take care of it. Scientists mostly vote for 10 years, while James Hansen, a leader in the field, gives us about 2 years to get something real done.
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