Global Warming UpdatesLooks like the full court press is going on with regard to global warming; I suppose the intent is to put pressure on President Bush in the runup to the G8 meeting in Scotland next week.
Insurers claim damage costs from
storms caused by global warming will raise the premiums on insurance policies.
Meanwhile,
pollution is credited here with preventing more global warming. The bad news? Air pollution is dropping.
More bad news: global warming could lead to
a "lopsided planet".
A British think tank says
nuclear won't work because we'll run out of uranium (where have we heard that before?).
Robert Samuelson
acknowledges the hypocrisy of Europe, which is not even close to meeting its CO2 reduction targets but then meanders into talking about needing to reduce our use of oil:
Even with today's high gasoline prices, we ought to adopt a stiff oil tax and tougher fuel economy standards, both to be introduced gradually. We can shift toward smaller vehicles, with more efficient hybrid engines. Unfortunately, Congress's energy bills lack these measures.
