There have been a lot of headlines lately regarding the UN’s decision to declare global warming as being valid. Now the hype begins! I remember that the news media had a field day with the Y2K story, but this one will have a much longer life. Just about everyone can claim to be an expert and every human event is bound to have a global warming connection. Somehow. And we will see great leaps of logic that defy common sense.
Yes, the talking heads can fill 5 minutes of every newscast from now on with global warming stories. But…it’s a good thing. What was bad was the bush administration’s refusal to discuss the problem like adults, and their willingness to discredit any scientist that held a position that they didn’t like. Now, at least, we can talk about it in a civilized manner. Perhaps there will even be some science involved instead of heated rhetoric.
Am I being too optimistic? Will the politicians take the problem and make it into another polarizing issue? Will SUV owners be ostracized as being less than patriotic? OK; I see a whole new field of advertising about to open up!
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