The brighter side of the Global Warming scam

I don't know about man-made global warming. I'm inclined to believe it's somewhere between an exageration and a complete fraud.

If you're persuaded by Fat Albert's PowerPoint, please at least watch this well-documented rebuttal.

Al Gore is a big fat liar, and a hypocrite (have you seen his carbon footprint?). But even if Global Warming is a hoax, might it lead to better public policy?

The easiest way way to cut greenhouse gas emissions would be the mass extermination of humans in order to prevent their exhalation of carbon dioxide. But Adolf Hitler's measures don't seem to sell well in the 21st century.

Barring the Final Solution, Global Warmists are likely to focus on taxing energy use. And that's not a bad thing. The U.S. tax system currently taxes income, production, and investment, rather than consumption. That which you tax, you discourage. Hence the negative savings rate we currently experience. Tax consumption, rather than income, and people will produce more and consume less. Further, energy taxes would encourage more efficiency, more alternative energy, and less dependence on foreign oil.

Of course, Democrats will want to put energy taxes on top of, and not in place of, income taxes. A principled stand from Republicans would be required to make this a trade-off rather than an add-on. I'm not holding my breath.