The New Republic attempts to take George Willto task for failing to follow the AGW kool aid line, but, in the course of failing to actually rebut Will, Jonathan Chait lets slip a dirty secret
First of all, nobody says that reducing carbon emissions will “reverse” global warming. The point is merely to slow the process. This is pretty fundamental.
Gotcha. So the point of reducing CO2 output to 1990 levels, as a nice arbitrary point, is not to stop or reverse AGW, just slow it down, meaning all the draconian legislation and treaties passed and on the docket, all the silliness (such as banning black cars), the demonstrations and awareness raising stunts are all for almost nothing? The massive cost increases to, well, everything, the coming nationwide rolling blackouts, being forced to use compact florescent light-bulbs, losing 2 jobs for every 1 “green” created, etc and so on, are basically for nothing?
As I, and others, have written time and time again, the AGW movement is simply about control and money, not about sound science or even saving Gaia.
