Quite Right
This is quite right. Science can give us a good idea of what is most likely to happen, but what to do about it is a political decision.
If we accept that, say, 2 billion people, will be killed by the direct effects of AGW in the next 150 years (figures plucked from the air, but not out of question), then we as a society have to decide whether we want to do anything about it, given that changes to reduce that toll WILL affect our lifestyles now. It's up to our politicians to respond to the national mood on that, even if that means doing nothing because there's not a chance of them getting re-elected if they do anything.
I would like them to take a more active role in trying to persuade people rather than just tell them what to do, but I'm only one.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
