Originally, this post was written because, on May 4th John Stossel intended to tell the world that Global warming can safely be ignored. Before that message was to air, we wanted to prepare compelling counterpoints and, possibly, mitigate the damage he caused. For unannounced reasons, this segment of the show was canceled.

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“Myths, Lies and Downright Stupidity” on a special edition of “20/20″ Friday, May 4th at 10 p.m. EDT, has a terrifying message; “Global Warming Can be Safely Ignored.”

Quoted from John Stossel’s article at:
http://www.abcnews.go.com/2020/story?id=3061015&page=1

1. The fundamentalist doom mongers ignore scientists who say the effects of global warming may be benign.
2. CO2 in the atmosphere may actually benefit the world because more CO2 helps plants grow. Warmer winters would give farmers a longer harvest season, and might end the droughts in the Sahara Desert.
3. The fuss over Kyoto is absurd.
4. Nuclear power is the most practical alternative
5. Building solar panels burns energy, as does trucking them and installing them. Not to mention taking them down again to repair them.
6. To think that solar energy could stop the predicted temperature increase is nonsensical.
7. Windmills are giant bird-killing Cuisinarts, and we’d have to build lots of them to produce significant energy
8. Kyoto would decimate just about every Third World country’s economy, and deliver a catastrophic blow to our own.
9. If the world is warming, it is much more reasonable to adjust to it, rather than try to stop it.
10. Farmers can plant different crops or move north.

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