Here’s the logic of the Boxer-Lieberman-Warner global warming bill:
- We must “do something” about global warming.
- This is something.
- Therefore, we much do it.
[Logic courtesy of Brian Kaplan via Megan McCardle.]
Who cares that the bill will increase the price of energy and won’t make a difference with respect to global temperature. These are unimportant. Results and costs don’t matter. What matters is “doing something.”