Hey Corzine, is it warming or cooling?

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What’s the harm in spending trillions of taxpayer dollars grasping at straws for alternative energy programs “just in case” global warming and cooling are real this time? The harm is ironic considering the agenda behind either/or to implement the seemingly well-intentioned cause of economic equality on a global scale, let alone state and local levels. If that sounds like neo-con paranoia, ponder this February headline: “The good news from America — Most environmentalists are indeed leftists who support the redistribution of wealth and believe in a simpler lifestyle.” It appeared in the New Statesman and its author is hardly alone with his ideological sentiments and accolades from Al Gore himself.

Given the benefit of the doubt, global warming and/or cooling aren’t insidious hoaxes. But the redundant misinterpretation of facts leads to disastrous policies such as the Kyoto Protocol, cap and trade, burning our food supply with boondoggled attempts at new energy sources such as ethanol, and so on. The only equality achieved by these schemes are disproportionately high food and gas prices, coupled with (and not just caused by) staggering inflation, and increasing dependency on the Middle East. It’s time for alternative energy sources like wind, solar, and even dog poop if it works. But it’s not time to sever current energy sources, which are hardly warming or cooling the planet any more than its own natural cycles. Especially, if the underlying goal is truly aiding the poor.