before we get our main event, i did just want to make it know. i wanted to congratulate mario vargas llosa of winning the nobel prize for literature. [applause] aside from the obvious merits of this pic, the the war of the end of the world is what my fear this is important to the astute for two reasons. first of all, mario has a deep understanding of the foundations of a free society. he is a classical liberal and a true scholar of what makes civil society possible. in addition, mario is the father of alvaro vargas llosa, who works here at the independent institute. he is the author of many independent institute books, including this one, liberty for latin america. he is generally an all around great guy. he is busy fielding telephone calls on his own today, but he ll be back in the office tomorrow, so we re really very excited about this award. okay, today s form. today s forum is about an unusual topic. a number of people have made the argument that the environmental moveme