Getting hot in Rio. (United Nations Conference on Development and Environment) (Column) From: National Review | Date: June 22, 1992| Author: Rubenstein, Ed | COPYRIGHT 1992 National Review, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

The 1992 Earth Summit participants encouraged limits on carbon dioxide emissions. The economic consequences of this could double gasoline and electricity rates and raise petroleum to $60 per barrel. Furthermore, there is no definitive evidence that greenhouse gases cause harm.

AS COMPLICATED as the matter is, it appears that magnetic storms on the sun may have more to do with the earth's climate than the build-up of greenhouse gases on earth, according to a recent study by scient...