Fight Climate Change, says Kofi Annan
Annan appealed to skeptics by reminding them of the old Roman proverb ´in Vino Veritas´ which means ´in wine lives truth´. Quoting Winston Churchill he said, ‘I could not live without Champagne- in victory I deserve it and in defeat I need it.’ He also added his interpretation, ‘I could not live without drinking wine.’Flashback: Buffett's Charlie Munger Says Cap And Trade Is "Monstrously Stupid" (CLIP)
Munger, though, if the past is any indication, doesn't really care to limit emissions at all. Here's his take on global warming from a 2007 investor meeting: "So what we are really talking about with global warming is dislocation. Dislocations could cause agony though. The sea level rising would be resolved with enough time and enough capital. I don't think it's an utter calamity for mankind though. You'd have to be a pot-smoking journalism student to think that."
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