Re: Al Those Great Scientists Here

Tom Kunich wrote:

> Al Gore has hinted that we ought to stop feeding the world.
> 

I'm not sure it's "our" responsibility to do that but it's OK with me if 
we do. It's all about balancing priorities appropriately. So far, I've 
seen little in the way of actual policy proposals that address this. I 
suspect politicians know they'd be destroying their careers if they 
advocated policies that dealt with CO2 emissions in s substantiative way.

The actual policy proposals sound more like:
http://www.hillaryclinton.com/news/release/view/?id=7467

This proposal does nothing to discourage CO2 emissions and arguably 
encourages it to the extent that prices are held down and assuming any 
kind of price elasticity to gasoline demand.

I'm not trying to pick on Hillary or her proposal, I'm just think it's 
typical of what you can expect from any politician. They like creating 
the appearance they're doing you a favor, they're unlikely to ask you to 
sacrifice.