http://blogs.edf.org/climate411/2008/05/30/another-new-tv-ad-melt/ Blogging the science and policy of global warming Mon, 16 Nov 2009 07:13:20 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5.2 hourly 1 http://blogs.edf.org/climate411/2008/05/30/another-new-tv-ad-melt/comment-page-1/#comment-1371 quentinp Mon, 02 Jun 2008 13:43:37 +0000 http://blogs.edf.org/climate411/2008/05/30/another-new-tv-ad-melt/#comment-1371 Hmmm... "There is no such thing as global warming" "OK, the globe is warming but we;re not doing it" "OK, so we're doing it, but there won't be any bad consequences" "OK, so the consequences are pretty bad, but it will get cheaper if we wait" "So it is cheapest to act now instead of later, but we just can't afford to save our farmers, the polar bear, our way of life, our coastal cities, and the planet." "So acting now could reduce our dependence on foreign oil, create hundreds of thousands of jobs and give America leadership in the industries of the future" "Lets not get too hasty" Then the candle goes out. Hmmm…
"There is no such thing as global warming"
"OK, the globe is warming but we;re not doing it"
"OK, so we're doing it, but there won't be any bad consequences"
"OK, so the consequences are pretty bad, but it will get cheaper if we wait"
"So it is cheapest to act now instead of later, but we just can't afford to save our farmers, the polar bear, our way of life, our coastal cities, and the planet."
"So acting now could reduce our dependence on foreign oil, create hundreds of thousands of jobs and give America leadership in the industries of the future"
"Lets not get too hasty"
Then the candle goes out.

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