Please step away from the computer, the sky is falling

The top six headlines at the Drudge Report are all about global warming. In fact, this week seems to be Chicken Little's global warming week. The articles out this week on the topic vary in details, tone, and opinions, but a common strain seems to be coming out in the most hysterical ones: We're all going to die. I'm not interested in debating my position on global warming right now, but one thing does interest me, and that is how all of these experts think man is mighty enough to create this tremendous global warming, but not mighty enough to adjust to significant climate change. For instance, one predicts that billions will suffer water scarcity. Lets stop to think here. If billions of people need water, and we have oceans and oceans of the stuff, I can guarentee you some enterprising individuals will figure out how to efficiently de-salinate water. There would be too much money in it for someone not to do so. That's just one example. We've proven to be a very clever species at adapting to our environment, and I expect that we will continue to be so in other problem areas that climate change, if it were to occur as the experts prophesize, throws at us.