Inhofe vs. the Insurance Industry

A few months ago, Oklahoma Senator Jim Inhofe, chair of the Senate Committe on the Environment and Public Works, said global warming is "the second largest hoax ever perpetrated on the American people."

The insurance industry doesn't think Inhoff knows what he's talking about. Yesterday, the Financial Times ran a story entitled, "Insurers sound the alarm on climate change." Here's a quote:

Nick Starling, the ABI's director of general insurance, urged the leaders of the Group of Eight industrialised nations to take action on greenhouse gas emissions when they meet to discuss climate change next week.

"Governments now have a chance to make rational choices for the future, before it is too late," he said. Making the right decisions based on assessment of the costs of climate change "will ensure lower costs for the public in future."

Inhofe is also wrong about what he thinks is a larger hoax -- separation of church and state.