It’s not just about preserving the Earth. It’s about money making business opportunities.
The thing about global warming is that we’ve got the lead in green technologies right now but we’re not taking advantage of it because we are complacent.
The Chinese have a horrible pollution problem but they are coming to grips with that. Do we allow them to leapfrog us in green tech? Green technologies are the growth businesses of the future. Do we want the foreign companies to develop and own all the green patents?