Sunday, September 16, 2007

Blame Jane Fonda

"And so, instead of becoming a nation with clean and cheap nuclear energy, as once seemed inevitable, the United States kept building power plants that burned coal and other fossil fuels. Today such plants account for 40 percent of the country's energy-related carbon-dioxide emissions. Anyone hunting for a global-warming villain can't help blaming those power plants -- and can't help wondering too about the unintended consequences of Jane Fonda."

- Stephen J. Dubner and Steven D. Levitt, quoted by NewsMax (read full story here)

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