Another Post on Global Warming

Berlin Niebuhr reports on a conference where Global Environment Fund president H. Jeffrey Leonard (presumably no relation to the former Giants outfielder) was very skeptical of efforts to stop climate change. His four points:

1. Aggregate global use of fossil fuels will not fall in the next two decades.
2. American "energy independence" is an unrealistic pipe dream driving bad policy.
3. The Biofuels Initiative won't achieve anything environmentally speaking, and is a grotesque example of pork barrel politics.
4. Consumer and lifestyle steps being taken by Americans are all but irrelevant.

Yep, that about says it. This is why I believe we are so screwed when it comes to climate change. No one is willing to cut fuel consumption. Energy independence is not really possible. The little things we are claiming to do mean nothing in the face of massive global warming. There is little to no real pressure to make the changes necessary to forestall the worst effects of climate change. It's not even a major issue in the presidential campaign.