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Where did anybody get the idea that you ought to stay arms lengthfrom politics? It doesnt mean that if you are a Republican that Imtrying to convince you to be a Democrat. We need Republicans aswell. This used to be a bipartisan issue, and I know that in this groupit really is. Become politically active. Make our democracy work theway its supposed to work. Support the idea of capping carbon dioxideemissions, global warming pollution, and trading it. Heres why: aslong as the United States is out of the world system, its not a closedsystem. Once it becomes a closed system, with U.S. participation, theneverybody whos on a board of directors--how many people here serveon the board of directors of a corporation? Once its a closed system,you will have legal liability if you do not urge your CEO to get themaximum income from reducing and trading the carbon emissions thatcan be avoided. The market will work to solve this problem if we canaccomplish this. Help with the mass persuasion campaign that willstart this spring. We have to change the minds of the American people.Because presently the politicians do not have permission to do whatneeds to be done.
And in our modem country, the role of logic and reason no longerincludes mediating between wealth and power the way it once did. Itsnow repetition of short, hot-button, 30-second, 28-second televisionads. We have to buy a lot of those ads. Lets rebrand global warming,as many of you have suggested. I like climate crisis instead of climatecollapse, but again, those of you who are good at branding, I need yourhelp on this. Somebody said the test were facing now, a scientist toldme, is whether the combination of an opposable thumb and a neocortexis a viable combination. Thats really true. I said the other night, and Illrepeat now: this is not a political issue. Again, the Republicans here, thisshouldnt be partisan. You have more influence than some of us who areDemocrats do. This is an opportunity. Not just this, but connected to theideas that are here, to bring more coherence to them. We are one. Thankyou very much, I appreciate it.