"In both houses of Congress, there is still significant opposition to any curb on greenhouse gases. Sen. James M. Inhofe, an Oklahoma Republican, summarized the opposition's views: 'The science underlying this bill has been repudiated; the economic costs are far too high, and the environmental benefits are nonexistent.'

The view of Inhofe and many of his colleagues is that, 1) global warming may or may not be occurring, 2) human industry hasn't been proved to cause global warming, and, 3) restricting carbon dioxide emissions will hurt the economy. On these points, the critics are, 1) wrong, 2) right but largely irrelevant, and, 3) wrong again."