The logic is hard to avoid

DarkSyde on Kos:

The logic is hard to avoid. If we invest in energy efficiency, alternative technologies, and green jobs, and for whatever reason global warming turns out to be much adieu about nothing, we as a nation are left with greater energy independence and whole new industries right here at home. Not a bad outcome. But if climate change deniers are wrong, and we do nothing, we’re left depending on foreign oil, stuck with a growing, potentially catastrophic environmental disaster, and little or no immediate solutions to any of it. The better scenarios should be readily apparent.

And an update on ACES: Although Tiarht has made anti-climate change a core element of his anti-Obama platform, some (Cizik, mostly) had been holding out hope that Brownback would be open-minded on the issue, even if just as a sop to moderation in preparation for his coronation as governor next year. But with no opposition, why should he moderate? He came out against the bill yesterday.