…jointly with the soviets and you might possibly hear something about that tonight. But another role that Carl has had is that of Cassandra. Most of you, I think remember your mythology well enough to know that Cassandra was given a fate by the gods. The…

…But another role that Carl has had is that of Cassandra. Most of you, I think remember your mythology well enough to know that Cassandra was given a fate by the gods. The fate was to be able to foretell the future, but the second half of that fate…

…to foretell the future, but the second half of that fate was never to be believed. Now Carl has been a very effective Cassandra. I hope people will begin to believe him because some of the things he's been pointing out to the human race more effectively…

…be worried about the United States and vice versa, an article published in the soviet union as well as here. So we have a Cassandra with us tonight. But now to wrap up, I am not infrequently asked by people who don't know. They say gee, everybody knows…

…the other hand, a story also from classical Greece. This is also about Apollo and also about oracles. This is the story of Cassandra, princess of troy. The event occurs just before the trojan war begins, you know the one that homer wrote about. She was…

…is that gods do to create seers, oracles and prophets out of mere mortals. And then after he had done that scandalously, Cassandra reneged. She changed her mind. She refused the overtures of a god. Apollo was not amused, but he couldn't withdraw the gift…

…their promises. So instead he condemned her to an ingenious and cruel fate that no one would believe her prophecies. So Cassandra predicts the invasion by the greeks headed by agamemnon. Nobody pays attention. She predicts the fall of troy nobody pays…

…representing the pole of sort of credulous, uncritical acceptance propelled a little bit by greed or other character flaws and Cassandra, I mean the response to her, representing the pole of stolid, immobile rejection of the possibility of danger. Well today…

…worrisome. What will I choose? Well I'll choose the one that's most comfortable. I think we are much closer to the danger of Cassandra Than to the danger of Croesus now let me give a very brief statement of why I take greenhouse warming so seriously.…