[Nervous Tick]

I remember the hyperventilating predictions of years and years of death, disease and and ruin from hurricanes Katrina and Rita.

Didn’t happen.

I remember the hyperventilating predictions of years and years of death, disease and and ruin from the recent oil spill in the gulf.

Didn’t happen.

Remind me exactly why I should give a sh!t about the hyperventilating prognostications now?

Let’s do what we can to help address the problem and wait and see how it comes out. My money is on “everything will turn out OK”.

[NVDave]

I’d be betting on the same outcome as you are.

Malthusians are wrong. All the time. They never seem to learn.

[samtheman]

Good point.