The Waxman-Markey bill may be an impressive political success, but it’s still, as Michael implies, a long way from a reality-based policy.
Over to Quintus Horatius Flaccus (Ars Poetica, I.129):
Parturient montes, nascetur ridiculus mus.
Freely translated:
The mountains groan in labour… Congratulations! It’s a mouse!
Eurasian harvest mice, photo London Daily Mail
