Bill Clinton doesn’t have a reputation for forthrightness and truth telling, but at least he is being forthright about the economic consequences of greenhouse gas reductions:

“And maybe America, and Europe, and Japan, and Canada — the rich counties — would say, ‘OK, we just have to slow down our economy and cut back our greenhouse gas emissions ’cause we have to save the planet for our grandchildren.’ We could do that.

I don’t know of any other politicians that have been this honest. The forced reduction of greenhouse gases will impose a serious contraction on the economy. I’m glad Bill Clinton is honest about it.