Good Intentioned Politics

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,297681,00.html

Despite it's political popularity in Iowa and other farming states, it's becoming increasingly clear that biofuels are counterproductive. Not only would they fail in the market if it weren't for government subsidies, but they also defeat their entire green purpose.

Whether it's through carbon caps, gasoline taxes, or subsidized farmers, the government will not solve America's "global warming problem". Only the market can do it.

The government can create incentives for the market to work towards reducing carbon emissions, but that's all it can do. Luckily, global warming is only killing us 1 degree a century, so we've got some time to figure this all out. We don't need to rush out and elect leaders based solely on their promises to save us from the boogie man who is thawing inside the melting icebergs.

But that's how some people feel. The green-o's want us to sign the Kyoto treaty and destroy our economy in the name of a few polar bears.

You remember the Kyoto treaty, right? The one that lost in the Senate by over 90 votes?

Taking into consideration that the treaty wouldn't solve our global warming problems (not even by a long shot), shouldn't we be investing money in to preparing for climate change? Countless civilizations have dreamt they could change the weather, are we really naive to think that we can succeed?

We have a unique opportunity to use technology to adapt to global shifts in temperature, we shouldn't ignore it because of a movement of hippies turned political junkies.