NASA Chief Gets It

The current head of NASA, Michael Griffin understands NASA’s role in the Climate Change Debate:  Its not NASA’s job to change the climate.  In fact, he wonders if mankind should even try to stop climate change at all.

From NPR here:

“I have no doubt that … a trend of global warming exists. I am not sure that it is fair to say that it is a problem we must wrestle with. To assume that it is a problem is to assume that the state of Earth’s climate today is the optimal climate, the best climate that we could have or ever have had and that we need to take steps to make sure that it doesn’t change. First of all, I don’t think it’s within the power of human beings to assure that the climate does not change, as millions of years of history have shown. And second of all, I guess I would ask which human beings — where and when — are to be accorded the privilege of deciding that this particular climate that we have right here today, right now is the best climate for all other human beings. I think that’s a rather arrogant position for people to take.”

Al Gore has already decided that he is the person of privilege to determine how much ice kills people every year.  If the planet warms up a little, maybe people like James Kim won’t have to die on vacation.