Now that we have the latest UN report on global warming (and we all know the UN HAS to be right), there are a few questions that really need to be addressd. For the sake of the discussion, I am going to assume that there is in fact a long term trend of global warming, that all of the dire predictions about the effects of global warming are correct and that man's production of carbon dioxide is the main cause. All three of these assumptions are, in my opinion, higly debatable, but we'll assume them as fact.

First question: Exactly why is the current world wide climate the best there is? Why should we not want it to change?

Second question: What will be the human cost of the drastic reduction in carbon dioxide emissions? Remember, with current (and at least near future) technology, reduction of CO2 means increased costs for transportation and energuy, particularly electricity. That means that all goods and services will cost significantly more. That, in turn, means that poor people and countries will not be able to afford some necessities like food and clean water - both of which require energy to produce and distribute.  

Third question: What are the benificial effects of global warming? Effects such as increased land available for crops, new species developing, less energy needed for winter heating. All we hear aout are the bad things that might happen.

These questions need to be seriously addressed before we as a nation and a world jump into drastic action to reduce CO2 emissions. The "law of unintended consequences" is just waiting to bite us on this one.