I can agree,

that the US shouldn't take extraordinary measures, which would hurt our economy, if the rest of the world, notably China and India, don't. That part of the Repub argument is real and logical. BUT, the rightwingnuts, who control and populate the party, won't even admit the planet is warming, let alone that carbon emissions are causing it, which is insane, but SO Republican.

 Last year PolitiFact could find only eight Republicans in Congress, out of 278 in the caucus, who had made on-the-record comments accepting the reality of man-made global warming. And most of the contenders for the Republican presidential nomination aresolidly in the anti-science camp.

What people may not realize, however, is how extraordinary the G.O.P.’s wall of denial is, both in the U.S. context and on the global scene.

The formerly mentioned 97% of climatologists, who say the earth is warming, is now closer to 99%, BUT, the Pubs who start their sad arguments by saying 'I'm no scientist, BUT', are in the pockets of big business, who can't stand the thought of losing some of their profit to rules that will help save the air and water of the planet, for future generations.

Nothing new here, but what will it take for them to face such OBVIOUS reality?