James Balog says he did n't know how fast enormous quantities of ice were vanishing . He says his company opened with photo labs , now called Extreme Ice Research . Balog says people will look back , wonder how predecessors could ' ve prevented global warming . We can not afford to be hamstrung by ponderous social institutions or deluded by false information . Once a skeptic , convert , we can n't afford to wait or be deluded by false information .
James Balog says he did n't know how fast enormous quantities of ice were vanishing . He says his company opened with photo labs , now called Extreme Ice Research . Balog says people will look back , wonder how predecessors could ' ve prevented global warming . Once a skeptic , convert , we can n't afford to wait or be deluded by false information .