Terrorists MIGHT get us, but global warming WILL

Rep. Ed Markey (D-Mass.), newly appointed chairman of the newly formed Senate Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming, says he will use the issue of national security as a focus for reducing US dependence on foreign oil. A Post article quotes Markey: "The more we reduce our dependence on foreign oil, the more we reduce the money we send these countries, and the less they will have to fuel the terrorists." Can't we leave the terrorists out of it and simply work on correcting the problem because it's the right thing to do and, incidentally, will ensure our continued survival as a species. Apparently, he hasn't noticed the last two words in the title of his new committee.