David Friedman on Global WarmingMike Rappaport

David Friedman explains why he is sympathetic to the skeptics about global warming.  His argument is similar to ones I have been quoting and making. Here is an excerpt:

Global warming provides arguments for things that a lot of people,mostly left of center, want to do anyway shift lifestyles away fromautomobiles towards mass transit, reduce consumption of depletableresources, and the like. Environmentalism is in part a real argument,in part a religion, in part an aesthetic; the second and third partsmake people too willing to accept the first.

Which [helps explain] why I choose to align myself with theforces of evil and ignorance by expressing skepticism about the horrorslikely to arise from global warming. Simply put, I am skeptical ofconclusions that appear to go well beyond the scientific evidence,pushed by people who have reasons to want other people to believe them.