Wednesday, November 7, 2007

The snake oil economics of 'climate change'

Debra J. Saunders of the San Francisco Chronicle on the Democrats' global warming rhetoric, as epitomised by Barbara Boxer:

According to Boxer, laws to curb greenhouse gases - this country would have to cut its greenhouse gas emissions in half over 12 years to meet the latest international community goals - will do good things for the American economy and create lots of jobs. It's Nostradamus Science wedded to Santa Claus economics.

Saunders concludes:

Today, Democrats have abandoned all reason. They buy the worst-case scenarios and sell snake-oil economics. The air of unreality pervades the debate. It doesn't matter what you spew if you say you believe in global warming. You don't have to sacrifice. Fighting global warming will be easy and good for the economy. This isn't science. It's fantasy.


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