An Important Time Wasted

An Important Time Wasted


I’m sad that the twenty-eight years, with Reagan and the return of the conservatives, were not used to address the very serious problem of global warming.

I have written in a previous blog that “We certainly can’t afford to waste another twenty-eight years—in fact, it is very possible that we didn’t have the luxury of the last wasted period…”.

CO2 in the atmosphere was at 339ppm in 1980 and the government had programs in place to reduce our use of fossil fuels: in fact I was personally involved in some government funded solar heating projects in the late 70’s.

Rhetorically, I ask, where would the CO2 concentration be today if the short sighted voters had allowed the progressives to remain in charge—certainly not 390ppm and very possibly below 350ppm.