A Comment About

The Precautionary Principle and Global Warming

December 16, 2009 - 12:06 am - by Rand Simberg
Karl Hallowell
2009-12-17 06:34:46

I agree with Brian@95. It’s trillions of dollars and a roll back would have to occur against a lot of opposition since a) program advocates never willing roll back, and b) the evidence will never be conclusive (namely, plenty of AGW supporters will claim the policy worked). AGW supporters need to show that human activity is directly linked to extremely harmful levels of global warming, that near future action is required, and that alternatives (including doing nothing) are inferior to CO2 emission reduction. That’s because we’re otherwise committing to the largest and most expensive pig in a poke in history.