Socialized Health Care in the USA

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/facepalm

I'm not talking over decades even. It might take hundreds of years, but if you don't understand the machine then you shouldn't mess around with the controls. And, that includes dumping excess CO2 into the system as well. I agree with Pete. I believe that there are plenty of reasons to stop burning hydro-carbons other than excess CO2 emissions, and that linking CO2 to environmental change risks a political back lash against environmentalism. Humans need to change their relationship with their environment, but the "eco-fascist" do gooders will do more harm than the good they are trying to force down the other peoples throats. I know, I was the one who said that name calling was unhelpful, but in this case, I think it helps to clarify where the some of the AGW's might be coming from. You know that old Butler poem, "He that complies against his will, is of his own opinion still. Which he may adhere to, yet disown, for reasons to himself best known ."

And...

I'm jaded by the irony of a green movement who worships guys like Al Gore who fly around the world in their luxury jets, and drive to events in their Escalade SUV's, living in homes with 5 times the carbon footprint of the average American (who's footprint is 10 times the size of the rest of humanity). I'm jaded by politicians who cash in on the green movement to push for legislation that aids their constituents, but actually further damages the ecosystem. I'm jaded by an environmental political movement that shut down the nuclear power industry in the US, and drove us to burn coal and other fossil fuels instead resulting in tragic land and air pollution which will take centuries to dissipate.

So, pardon me for not jumping on the latest political band wagon. I want to see more science, less propaganda, and far less fascism.