Warming?: Thank Vaclav!

[James Brody]

And whatever gods may be...

JimB

"A fiery Czech is poised to be the face of Europe

By Dan Bilefsky

Published: November 25, 2008

"...Klaus, the 67-year-old president of the Czech Republic — an iconoclast with a perfectly clipped mustache — continues to provoke strong reactions. He has blamed what he calls the misguided fight against global warming for contributing to the international financial crisis, branded Al Gore an "apostle of arrogance" for his role in that fight, and accused the European Union of acting like a Communist state. (YES!)

"Now the Czech Republic is about to assume the rotating presidency of the European Union..."

More at http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/11/25/europe/25klaus.php

[James Brody]

A new poll, one without error estimates, finds that of 12,000 questioned in eleven countries: "Less than half of those surveyed, or 47 per cent, said they were prepared to make personal lifestyle changes to reduce carbon emissions, down from 58 per cent last year.

"Only 37 per cent said they were willing to spend "extra time" on the effort, an eight-point drop. And only one in five respondents - or 20 per cent - said they'd spend extra money to reduce climate change. That's down from 28 per cent a year ago."

The interpretation by Earthwatch: "Earthwatch's Winser said the silver lining in the poll was that it stresses public dissatisfaction with the performance of all governments.

"We welcome this survey because it shows that individuals want their governments to do more."

Damned progressive plague...a gene must be talking....

JimB

More at http://www.canada.com/windsorstar/news/story.html?id=f0a1687c-decd-4c72-9d0e-7e6dd92d4ebe