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To: Lane3 who wrote (31150)	11/8/2006 9:02:04 AM
From: JohnM	Respond to of 541925

Thanks for the Kofi Annan post, Karen. The Financial Times continues to have a great deal of coverage on global warming issues and, ratcheted it up a notch with the British government report. As you, no doubt, know, that report tried to assess the relative costs of doing nothing as over against various scenarios of addressing it. If they are correct, European governments are doing a great deal more to address it than the US. But I expect our politics will have more about it in the next two years. I'm trying, as I type, to recall what the name of the relevant US House committee is and which Dem will be the chair.

To: Lane3 who wrote (31150)	11/10/2006 10:36:10 AM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 541925

Doom-and-gloom scenarios meant to shock people into action often end up having the opposite effect. Yes. They can result in the "its all just a bunch of crap" response, or "its so big there is nothing we can do to stop it" response, or the bury your head in the sand response (not the same as the first, one is an honest assertion that something isn't true, the other is a refusal to accept something even if you really believe it). The Stern report suggests I'm not sure how solid that source is. Message 22970004