Because John Stossel's moustache says so:
SCARBOROUGH: I think we already—isn‘t the problem in the end, though, Tyson, even if America does that, even if Great Britain and the western powers do that, you have China and India and these developing country that is don‘t have any environmental regulation regulations and the polluting coming from that region is going to dwarf what the United States puts out.SLOCUM: Actually, China just implemented stronger full economy standards than the United States. So China is starting to understand it. They are starting to understand the ravages that there heavy reliance on coal is.
I am not holding up China as a model of environmental activism, but what the reality is that the United States with less than five percent of the world‘s population contributes to 25 percent of the world‘s carbon dioxide emissions. China, with a billion and a half people contributes 14 percent. So what we clearly need international cooperation and we cannot deny .
STOSSEL: Sounds like socialism to me.
SCARBOROUGH: All right. John, I will give you the final word to clear up the myths, the lies, the downright stupidity that Al Gore and others may be giving Americans.
STOSSEL: That took me 300 pages in the book in the book. Let me just say that this, at bottom is a hatred of capitalism and a hatred of industrial production. Yes, it‘s true, we produce more carbon dioxide, but we are also the cleanest country in the world.
As we get wealthier, the air gets cleaner and we can afford to do things that maybe some day if the globe is warming we have to make adjustments, it‘s our wealth that will allow us to save the world. If we let these socialists control our lives, we will be worse off.
In short, Global Warming isn't something worth fighting because:
A. The Chinese aren't interested in combating it.
B. Americans who want to do something about it are Socialists.
C. 30 Helens agree.
Would the networks please stop relying solely on the opinions of their dumbfuck talking heads to try and debunk science?
Posted by kerry at June 29, 2006 08:40 AM