Despite what this newspaper's editorialists aver ("A New Year's resolution," Jan. 2, 2009), there is no scientific proof that "time is running out for mankind to take the needed actions to thwart the most disastrous effects of climate change." Nor is it anything more than an unproven assertion to argue that "the relevant scientific community has reached a clear consensus: Many decades of unchecked fossil fuel consumption has pushed the planet far beyond the natural cycle, and the impact of this enhanced warming, especially the forecast rise in sea level this century, could ultimately lead to human suffering on an epic scale."
The Baltimore Sun confidently urges the next president to avoid the temptation of postponing drastic action on this matter because of other pressing problems, such as the worldwide economic slowdown, our wars in Eurasia, etc. - the most important thing in the long term is to "reduce global warming." To this I say: "Nonsense." Oops, that makes me a "flat-earth type," and an all-around bad person, perhaps allied with "certain deep-pocketed traditional energy interests such as coal producers." As you probably know, proponents of global warming are very well funded as well, but space is limited, so let us move on to the idea of scientific consensus, which is oxymoronic.
