AARP: The Legacy Issue

"I’d put my money on the sun and solar energy. What a source of power! I hope we don’t have to wait until oil and coal run out before we tackle that."

-- Thomas Edison, 1931

I found the quote in a piece on climate change from, of all places, AARP Magazine, written by, of all people, New York Times science correspondent Andy Revkin. AARP, which claims the world's larest circulation, casts the problem of climate change as a "legacy issue for older Americans: what type of planet are we leaving our children?" To echo Edison, let's hope we don't wait 'til we run out of oil and coal to tackle that question.

(hat tip: Grist)