Basic research is what I'm doing when I don't know what I'm doing. - Wernher von Braun

Fabulous news from the NY Times that Evangelicals are finally using their political clout to combat global warming.

I was beginning to think that their complacence about the ruination of the planet came from a selfish attitude that could be summed up as "Well, the worse the news is about a global catastrophe the better. The apocalypse is on the way, and heck, I'm saved!"

"Mr. Cizik said he had a "conversion" on climate change so profound in Oxford that he likened it to an "altar call," when nonbelievers accept Jesus as their savior. Mr. Cizik recently bought a Toyota Prius, a hybrid vehicle."

Hey, I drive a Prius!