We're warming the world.

This is a letter I wrote to the President of the United States of America last week.

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From: joshb@well.com
Subject: We're warming the world.
Date: February 2, 2007 12:41:34 AM PST
To: president@whitehouse.gov

Do you believe this yet?

Your last two opponents, Vice President Gore and Senator Kerry, they both would have committed enormous national resources to alternative energy research.

You had that chance. You could have been a visionary. It's one of your goals, isn't it? To demonstrate that you're not just "one of the guys," you're a leader who truly knows what's best for America.

Really, even if Iraq had gone perfectly, and the peaceniks would be forced to eat their hats, would it have been truly visionary policy? Freeing the oppressed people of an Arab nation would have been impressive, sure, but not world-changing.

Figuring out how to keep the American economic engine running without filling the atmosphere with greenhouse gases? That would have been visionary. Even starting us down that road would prove you understood the capacity of America's leadership.

Instead, you've shown us you can barely see to the end of your nose, much less 10, 20, 50 years into the future. Fifty years into the future? It's going to be warm.

Please help. You can have a greater impact on this impending global catastrophe than any other man on the planet.

Josh Berezin
Portland, OR