Quote Originally Posted by leo9 View Post
Same as global warming: when the sea laps over Long Island people will ask the government "Why didn't you do something?" and the answer will be "Because you voted against anyone who tried."
Actually, unless Long Island is already within about one foot of sea level, by then all current politicians will be long dead from old age even if nothing at all gets done - most lay people seem to be greatly overestimating the rate of change (approximately one foot per century, with the outer limits of predictions ranging from just over three inches to just under three feet).

I think it much more likely our current bunch will be hated for squandering fortunes on windmills and empty vanity gestures, rather than researching better power sources like fusion and deploying the ones we have now such as fission.