Monday, May 28, 2007

LAT editorial on climate change

An editorial labeled "A Warming World -- Cool and collected," summarized with "A carbon tax is the best, cheapest and most efficient way to combat cataclysmic climate change" begins with this paragraph:

IF YOU HAVE KIDS, take them to the beach. They should enjoy it while it lasts, because there's a chance that within their lifetimes California's beaches will vanish under the waves.

Why read further? There's a chance that a tidal wave will destroy Santa Monica and all the other beach cities. There's a chance that an earthquake along the San Andreas fault will cause the western part of California to fall into the sea. There's a chance that North Korea, Iran or China will drop a bomb on Los Angeles and smash it to smithereens. There's a chance that Earth will be attacked by aliens from another solar system. But what are the odds?

Global warming advocates overstate their case, risking credibility.