economic impetus, the urgency in terms of the american economy hasn t figured more prominently in the debate over reform? i think first people should understand that the science has been around not just for a decade or two or three, but it goes back to 1840 when it was fird identified. then in 1896, a nobel prize winning chemist, swedish chemist, made the calculations that showed what would happen when the carbon dioxide doubles in the atmosphere. this goes back a long time. the controversy we re having right now is some confused people, but mainly a contrived controversy. we have to get beyond it. it keeps its role because of the power of the oil industry. and this is quite clear. it s the coke brothers, it s rupert murdoch, it s mining interests, it s exxon.