Friedman on Global Warming: "A lot of the people who have been ready to take action, who have been ready to go to war in Iraq and Afghanistan on the basis of a one in a hundred chance that Al Qaeda had nuclear weapons...those very same people will tell you that on climate change...will tell you not at all."
"I was very troubled by the e-mails I read, frankly. I was very troubled because I don't think serious scientists should be using words like tricks. "I don't think serious scientists should be discussing how we should keep someone's research out. I was very disturbed, and I thought it was very shameful, really. That said, the evidence that human beings through the burning of fossil fuels are building up CO2 in the atmosphere...doesn't just rely on the research of those scientists or one university. ...
"It really for me isn't that complicated. We know that there is a greenhouse affect around the planet earth... Where there is enormous uncertainty, and where some of the climate advocates have been remiss is that the climate system is so complex. What we don't know is how the climate system will compensate for that."
"There is a lot of uncertainty, and we should be humble about that uncertainty."
"Whether I'm looking at Al Qaeda or the climate, when i'm looking at something that is irreversible or potentially catastrophic, I buy insurance. ... It's a question of odds; it's a question of relative uncertainties."
"Even if it's a hoax and I get myself ready for it... I'll be fitter, healthier and I'll live a longer life. If it is a hoax, it's a bad biological experiment."
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