Quote Of The Day

"So how do we move forward [on addressing climate change]? Well, with the Democrats solidly in control, skeptics will likely be pushed aside. But, really, the skeptics’ fixation on proving the science false is just a symptom of the greater issue — namely that a lot of people are concerned that action to reduce CO2 emissions will drastically harm our economy without any serious benefit to the climate. If those who support combating global warming could drop the moralizing and adopt a 'how can we do this without harming business' attitude, we might find more common ground. It’s fine for the President and others to talk about creating 'Green jobs', but we have to make sure we’re not sacrificing the jobs we actually have now for one[s] which we may or may not have later. The science may indeed be unequivocal, but our next step is still up for debate. We can’t let our fear of a warmer world lead us to take rash action. We must balance the total cost, weighing quality of life, employment, economic viability and our climate. We should take action. But we need to make sure it’s the right action." — Alan Stewart Carl, moderate blogger at Donklephant, about the environment versus economic viability