Låt oss tala om klimatfrågan, inte om Rut!!!

Den för dagen mest e-mailade artikeln på New York Times är Paul Krugmans krönika från igår, om klimatpolitiken i USA,
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/26/opinion/26krugman.html?src=me&ref=opinion
Eller snarare om sabotaget mot klimatpolitiken. Med rättframma, närmast marxistiska formuleringar skriver han:
"So it wasn’t the science, the scientists, or the economics that killed action on climate change. What was it?
The answer is, the usual suspects: greed and cowardice.
If you want to understand opposition to climate action, follow the money (min fetmarkering.JW). The economy as a whole wouldn’t be significantly hurt if we put a price on carbon, but certain industries — above all, the coal and oil industries — would. And those industries have mounted a huge disinformation campaign to protect their bottom lines.
Look at the scientists who question the consensus on climate change; look at the organizations pushing fake scandals; look at the think tanks claiming that any effort to limit emissions would cripple the economy. Again and again, you’ll find that they’re on the receiving end of a pipeline of funding that starts with big energy companies, like Exxon Mobil, which has spent tens of millions of dollars promoting climate-change denial, or Koch Industries, which has been sponsoring anti-environmental organizations for two decades.
Or look at the politicians who have been most vociferously opposed to climate action. Where do they get much of their campaign money? You already know the answer."

Man kan förtvivla över att, också i Sverige, den politiska debatten och valrörelsen får domineras så av inskränkta egenintressen. (Hur många Almega-sponsrade inlägg om Rut-avdraget ska man tvingas läsa? I Corren idag fanns ytterligare ett). Jag tycker att det skriker om frånvaron av klimathotet och nödvändiga åtgärder utifrån det i den svenska valrörelsen!