re: #157 sattv4u2

James Hansen of NASA’s Goddard Institute

“[Global warming] is analogous to the issue of slavery faced by Abraham Lincoln or the issue of Nazism faced by Winston Churchill … On those kind of issues you cannot compromise. You can’t say, let’s reduce slavery, let’s find a compromise and reduce it 50 percent or reduce it 40 percent.”

Glad to see all of the over the top rhetoric isn’t limited to the deniers. Plenty of CRAZY to spread around!

I don’t think there’s anything crazy about those comparisons — there is a serious threat to mankind from global warming. I know there are lots of people here who want to believe there’s nothing to worry about, but it couldn’t be more serious.

The comparison is valid because Hansen is talking about huge problems that required huge solutions.