Posted by
L Gravel on Wednesday, August 06, 2008 6:00:00 PM
Opponents of drilling for oil say it won't impact oil prices now.
They're wrong, of course, due to the existence of the futures market (the domain of the much-pilloried "speculators"). But for the sake of argument, let's say they're correct.
And while we're at it, let's swallow whole the notion that mankind is causing global warming. (On earth anyway; we'll leave it to Al Gore to explain who's causing global warming on Mars.)
Therefore, am I permitted to emit as much carbon as I want, because it won't impact global warming now?