Believe it or not, there are other issues in this presidential race besides the preaching style of a retired pastor from Chicago. Take climate change.
A new poll from Harris Interactive, commissioned by the Presidential Climate Action Project, shows that most Americans would prefer that their new president do something about hot air, instead of simply emitting it.
The poll shows that 66 percent of adults consider it important that the new president develop policies that deal with global warming, and 63 percent say the president should take strong action, soon after the inauguration. But fully 55 percent of the respondents weren't exactly sure which of the three still-standing presidential candidates would best deal with it. That's pretty solid evidence that the candidates all need to talk more about the little matter of saving the planet, and spend a lot less time on gotcha issues that mean nothing.
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They don't want to talk about it because they don't want to acknowledge what anybody who really thinks about this knows: a) we're going to have to build a lot more nuclear plants in order to meet the growing demand for electricity and the need for zero-emission generation b) the idea that solar/wind/etc. can ever provide the base fuel for the electric grid is laughable c) if you really want people to reduce their consumption, you're going to have to tax the heck out of energy.
Not particularly popular positions, are they? But do you have any reasonable alternatives, Bob?
They don't want to talk about it because they don't want to acknowledge what anybody who really thinks about this knows: a) we're going to have to build a lot more nuclear plants in order to meet the growing demand for electricity and the need for zero-emission generation b) the idea that solar/wind/etc. can ever provide the base fuel for the electric grid is laughable c) if you really want people to reduce their consumption, you're going to have to tax the heck out of energy.
Not particularly popular positions, are they? But do you have any reasonable alternatives, Bob?
I would love to see consumption decrease. Unfortunately, with the modernization of Chindia, less consumption in the US will have a minimal affect on world energy use.
I agree with Jay, I'm not a fan of nuclear, but if CO2 is causing global warming ( I'm not convinced that the warming is man made) then nuclear is the only viable answer.