Daily Ramble

I really should stick to things I know something about, but then I would never have anything to say...

A great post titled Climate Change, Cumulative Evidence, and Ideology via Marginal Revolution.

My take-aways:

1. Climate change aside, water is likely to be the most important and controversial environmental issue in the future.
2. Some action on the environment makes sense regardless of the existence of anthropogenic climate change. This is where I think the debate should be held.
3. There are some crazy-ass people on both sides of this issue, but Jonathan Adler is not one of them.

For me, the most interesting thing about this and other issues is that we really are witnessing some pretty historical events. People hold some very strong opinions about global warming and not everyone can be right. People hold some very strong opinions about what will come out of this war in Iraq. Some of those people are certainly wrong. And the policies we chose will have major consequences. I don't know who will enjoy the greatest amount of vindication at the end of the day, but someone will. I plan to be alive in 50 years (global warming and terrorism be damned) and it will be fascinating to look back and say "yeah, those people were right" or "wow, that's not even an issue anymore". Only time will tell and it's pretty cool to have a seat in the bleachers.