Citerank: (44) 53276Scientists may have profited illegally from the hoax of climate change1198CE71, 53277Broaden investigation to encompass funding / conduct of James Inhofe109FDEF6, 53277Broaden investigation to encompass funding / conduct of James Inhofe109FDEF6, 53283Strategy of trying to scare the pants off people is counter-productive959C6EF, 53286Specific IPCC claim incorrect, but problem of melting glaciers is real13EF597B, 53288Nothing happens if the dots from science to policy aren't connected13EF597B, 53289A few mistakes in thousands of pages doesn't mean everything's wrong13EF597B, 53290IPCC's very good at resisting politically motivated intervention1198CE71, 53292Copenhagen outcome demonstrates scare strategy has failed1198CE71, 53310Fact that it snowed in Washington at a given time tells you nothing13EF597B, 53312Leveling off at 2 degree C rise by 2100 will cost $40 trillion a yearClimate economists are telling us that leveling off at 2 degree Centigrade or 3.6 degrees Fahrenheit, which is what everybody has agreed on, would cost at the end of the century -- and this is the average of all the macroeconomic models, if we do it really smart -- $40 trillion a year.1198CE71, 53314Need to invest 50 times more than current world spend on R&D109FDEF6, 53317China doesn't want world to impose a cap on its economy959C6EF, 53319Climate change leads to global weirdingWhat climate change really represents is that it changes the weather in some very weird and unpredictable ways.1198CE71, 96486Strategy of trying to scare the pants off people is counter-productive959C6EF, 96487If there's a 1% chance on climate change we need to prepare for it959C6EF, 96780China doesn't want world to impose a cap on its economy959C6EF, 96784Climate change leads to global weirdingWhat climate change really represents is that it changes the weather in some very weird and unpredictable ways.1198CE71, 96786Scientists may have profited illegally from the hoax of climate change1198CE71, 96787Broaden investigation to encompass funding / conduct of James Inhofe109FDEF6, 96787Broaden investigation to encompass funding / conduct of James Inhofe109FDEF6, 96790Nothing happens if the dots from science to policy aren't connected13EF597B, 96791Copenhagen outcome demonstrates scare strategy has failed1198CE71, 97014A few mistakes in thousands of pages doesn't mean everything's wrong13EF597B, 97200Specific IPCC claim incorrect, but problem of melting glaciers is real13EF597B, 97201IPCC's very good at resisting politically motivated intervention1198CE71, 97202Fact that it snowed in Washington at a given time tells you nothing13EF597B, 97208Leveling off at 2 degree C rise by 2100 will cost $40 trillion a yearClimate economists are telling us that leveling off at 2 degree Centigrade or 3.6 degrees Fahrenheit, which is what everybody has agreed on, would cost at the end of the century -- and this is the average of all the macroeconomic models, if we do it really smart -- $40 trillion a year.1198CE71, 97209Need to invest 50 times more than current world spend on R&D109FDEF6, 148044Strategy of trying to scare the pants off people is counter-productive959C6EF, 148045If there's a 1% chance on climate change we need to prepare for it959C6EF, 148339China doesn't want world to impose a cap on its economy959C6EF, 148343Climate change leads to global weirdingWhat climate change really represents is that it changes the weather in some very weird and unpredictable ways.1198CE71, 148345Scientists may have profited illegally from the hoax of climate change1198CE71, 148346Broaden investigation to encompass funding / conduct of James Inhofe109FDEF6, 148346Broaden investigation to encompass funding / conduct of James Inhofe109FDEF6, 148349Nothing happens if the dots from science to policy aren't connected13EF597B, 148350Copenhagen outcome demonstrates scare strategy has failed1198CE71, 148573A few mistakes in thousands of pages doesn't mean everything's wrong13EF597B, 148759Specific IPCC claim incorrect, but problem of melting glaciers is real13EF597B, 148760IPCC's very good at resisting politically motivated intervention1198CE71, 148761Fact that it snowed in Washington at a given time tells you nothing13EF597B, 148767Leveling off at 2 degree C rise by 2100 will cost $40 trillion a yearClimate economists are telling us that leveling off at 2 degree Centigrade or 3.6 degrees Fahrenheit, which is what everybody has agreed on, would cost at the end of the century -- and this is the average of all the macroeconomic models, if we do it really smart -- $40 trillion a year.1198CE71, 148768Need to invest 50 times more than current world spend on R&D109FDEF6

FRIEDMAN: Now, what I would simply say is this. If we listen to the climate change scientists, like Dr. Hansen, and we prepare for climate change, but climate change doesn't happen, what happens? Well, let's see. We have a cleaner air, cleaner environment. We have a more energy-independent economy, new industries, and global respect.

Let's see now. If we listen to Jim Inhofe, the climate deniers, and we don't get ready for climate change and climate change comes, we're a bad biological experiment. So, like, which part of the sentence don't you understand?

I mean, I'm a Dick Cheney guy on this. I'm with Dick Cheney. Dick Cheney said, if there's a 1 percent chance that Iraq has a nuclear weapon, we need to take that on. Well, if there's a 1 percent chance on climate change, just like Cheney said -- I'm with Cheney -- we need to prepare for it.