Sunday, December 07, 2008

Advice from a rich guy who thinks carbon dioxide will cause cannibalism

Job One - washingtonpost.com
A Category 5 hurricane has hit the world's financial system, but a bigger storm is approaching. Climate change threatens the economic, political and environmental health of the world. Now is the time to remake the vast systems that power the nation and the world. The president must make this his top economic priority -- and establish a National Energy Council in the White House to get the job done.
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Capping our emissions in order to put a price on carbon, provide incentives for investment in alternatives and secure a new U.N.-led global climate agreement

-- Ted Turner, chairman, United Nations Foundation
Turner: Global Warming Will Cause Mass Cannibalism, Insurgents Are Patriots | NewsBusters.org
Interviewed Tuesday for Charlie Rose's PBS show, CNN founder Ted Turner argued that inaction on global warming “will be catastrophic” and those who don't die “will be cannibals.”

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