glad to see you read The Economist, a very credible mag...
The Economist, after being a skeptic for many years, has finally come around on the subject of Global Warming...
this quote from The Economist would seem to sum the whole thing up best...
"..nobody knows for sure what is happening to the climate."
~BUT~
economist.com
The heat is on, an excellent article which puts the issue into the right perspective.... Here is the heading of the article:
Sep 7th 2006
From The Economist print edition
Global warming, it now seems, is for real. Emma Duncan (interviewed here) examines the nature of the problem, and possible solutions
This survey will argue that although the science remains uncertain, the chances of serious consequences are high enough to make it worth spending the (not exorbitant) sums needed to try to mitigate climate change. It will suggest that, even though America, the world's biggest CO2 emitter, turned its back on the Kyoto protocol on global warming, the chances are that it will eventually take steps to control its emissions. And if America does, there is a reasonable prospect that the other big producers of CO2 will do the same.
But first, to the science, and some of the recent findings that have sharpened people's worries. |
