I recently heard Thomas Freedman talk about the United States and climate change. I found his perspective on the environment to be interesting, as he talked about the next generations use of the environment instead of couching the argument in doomsday terms, at least at first. Then he went on to describe the effects of our emissions production on the globe. This was a reality changer when time was brought into perspective, and the realization was made that time had already been up for a while.
The next thing I found interesting was his argument for action on climate change. He compared himself to Dick Cheney in saying that if there were just a one in a million chance and that one in a million had catastrophic effects that preventative action needs to be taken, and so whether you believe in climate change or not, the chance that it could happen and have devastating implications for the world means that you should support legal action that is environmentally friendly and focused on creating clean, emissions free energy.
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