664 - Global warming and Jay Rockefeller

On the countdown to 666 posts, we're at Number 664 . . .

Jay Rockefeller was in town today wrapping up his weeklong tour of West Virginia. Notice he saved the best for last.

We talked about a lot things. I was encouraged when he said global warming is real and must be addressed, but he said it will be solved through research and innovation. I was glad to hear that last part. No one government will "solve" this problem through fiat, regulation or taxation.

People can argue (and they will argue, endlessly) whether man is responsible for whatever climate changes the earth is experiencing. But the alarmists and the deniers can agree that we are polluting too much and we must find ways to generate energy in cleaner ways.

The question will be the expense of installing all this technology once we develop it.

The solution to global warming (assuming one is needed) lies with engineers, not with politicians.