Stop Misguided R&D on a Cure for HIV/AIDS

Don Boudreaux at Cafe Hayek is one of our age's great debunkers of economic illogic and various other inanities. Today he muses over the reigning economic absurdity regarding oil. The second inanity Don addresses - that we shouldn't drill for oil in ANWR because that oil won't hit the market for many years - ought to not need debunking since it is so patently illogical on its face. Still, many people actually accept this illogic even though it is principally championed by people who tell us we need to take drastic measures RIGHT NOW in order to avert catastrophic developments fifty, or even a hundred, years hence due to global warming. I don't recommend this tack however since logic can't penetrate the protective shell of religious zeal that envelopes global warmists. My preference for rebutting someone who spouts this kind of gibberish is to attack a suitably sacred progressive god, but one that doesn't inspire such high levels of mental intransigence. So, next time you hear that we shouldn't drill in ANWR because we won't see that oil for years, just say "Indeed, that is the same reason we shouldn't pursue research into a cure for HIV/AIDS. Given the state of our medical and scientific knowledge, we couldn't possibly see a cure for at least ten more years."