The problem with Gray and some of the more "respected" people in his position is that their very word becomes people's bible that they read to every single person they talk to. They polarize people away from legitimate alternative possiblities and have a very nasty way of giving people tunnel vision.

To me, there are far too many people working on theories to prove that the current trends are all part of cycles when real science shows us places like Los Angeles and Beijing who are nothing more than mini versions of what the world could turn into if we continue unabated. Hell if you want to talk about insurance, doing things about global warming now might not be necessary(like that house insurance you bought last year before the summer in LA), but do you want to risk it?

A true epic of blindness is going on in china where the gobi desert moves 2 miles closer to Beijing every single year due to massive clearcutting and polution.

An article posted at Chinese Environmental Crisis really shows what can happen. Not just the crisis but how people can be shaped into thinking anything is beneficial with enough lobbying.