Then there is Freeman Dyson, who in the June 12, 2008, issue of The New York Review of Books writes very calmly about global warming. He assures us that "genetically engineered carbon-eating trees" are just around the corner, likely to be developed in 20 years, certain to be developed in 50 years. What is so promising about genetically engineered carbon-eating trees? Writes Dyson: "Carbon-eating trees could convert most of the carbon that they absorb from the atmosphere into some chemically stable form and bury it underground. Or they could convert the carbon into liquid fuels and other useful chemicals."
So relax. Our future is in the trees -- genetically engineered carbon-eating trees. Frigid winters are on the return. Al Gore's next new thing will be the common cold. It is rather amazing to think of how he and the catastrophists whipped up hysteria worldwide. One wonders what their next fear will be. Carnivorous trees?
Emmett Tyrrell
R. Emmett Tyrrell Jr. is founder and editor in chief of
The American Spectator and co-author of
Madame Hillary: The Dark Road to the White House.
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