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There Are A Lot Of Signs. One Of The Things That Makes Me Most Nervous Is The Disappearance Of The Frogs. They're Going Downhill All Over The Planet. Frogs Are Susceptible To All Kinds Of Problems, Because They Require Water To Breed And Their Skin Is Very Porous. Their Condition Is Nerve Racking.

I'm Sort Of Optimistic About What We Could Do, But I'm Very Pessimistic About What We Will Do. I Can't Tell You That Al Gore's 10-year Plan Is Impossible. I'm Old Enough To Remember The Second World War - If We Had A World War Ii-type Mobilization, We Might Accomplish Gore's Plan. In 1940 We Were Making Tens Of Thousands Of Automobiles, And In 1941 We Were Making Tens Of Thousands Of Airplanes. We Mobilized As A Nation. If We Get That Kind Of Mobilization As A Nation Or Globally, Then We Could Solve A Lot Of These Problems.

All Scientists Who've Looked At It Know We Have To Phase Away From Burning Fossil Fuels. That Means We've Got To Put A Lot Of Effort Into Alternate Energy Technologies, But We're Still Subsidizing Fossil Fuels And Not Subsidizing Most Of The Alternatives. It's Not Going To Be An Easy Transition.

People Have To Decide, First Of All, How They'd Like To Live, And How Secure They Want To Be From Disaster. After That, Scientists Can Help Determine What Would Be Necessary To Achieve That.

To Err Is Human, But To Really Foul Things Up You Need A Computer.