[Amelia]

IMO this would also have made a lot of sense right after 9/11, and asking for shared sacrifice for the WOT might have given it more support long-term as well...

[ClearCase_guy]

Al Gore's film, "An Inconvenient Truth," raised awareness, and opinion surveys show many Americans now willing to adjust their thermostats to reduce carbon emissions.

But the cost of energy innovation will demand more than that.

I stopped there. Given the author's apparent viewpoint, I imagine the conclusion is "From each according to his ability, to each according to his need."

[jwparkerjr]

re: country faces pricey challenges, from global warming to over-heated healthcare costs?

The country does indeed face calamity from global warming. But the danger is from those who buy into the cockeyed theory rather than global warming itself. Talk about the worst of all worlds, if global warming doesn't get us, and it certainly is not a certainty, then the response to fear of it will.

Talk about self-fulfilling prophecies!

[JasonC]

The moral equivalent of war.

Read Jonah's book Liberal Fascism.

[Da Coyote]

The word “collective” is - to me - the important thing. Had we the real need to sacrifice, we would. However, hearing about the need from folks who couldn’t pass a 1940’s high school test (politicians and journalists), coupled with the “all animals are equal, but some are more equal than others” syndrome of our sleazy politicos, ....NOPE, I ain’t sacrificin’...and furthermore, I’ll be looking to do damage to those idiots who lie to me and try to get me to sacrifice.