Wishful Thinking Is Not Sound Public Policy.

When Thinking About The Future, It Is Fashionable To Be Pessimistic. Yet The Evidence Unequivocally Belies Such Pessimism. Over The Past Centuries, Humanity's Lot Has Improved Dramatically - In The Developed World, Where It Is Rather Obvious, But Also In The Developing World, Where Life Expectancy Has More Than Doubled In The Past 100 Years.

On Average, Global Warming Is Not Going To Harm The Developing World.

I'm A Vegetarian, But I Don't Expect Other People Not To Eat Meat.

I Tentatively Believe In A God. I Was Brought Up In A Fairly Religious Home. I Think The World Is Compatible With Reincarnation, Karma, All That Stuff.

The Total Efforts Of The Last 20 Years Of Climate Policy Has Likely Reduced Global Emissions By Less Than 1 Percent, Or About 250 Million Metric Tons Of Carbon Dioxide Per Year.