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We need more urgent climate change plans from presidential candidates


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good that they are mentioning it, but we need more.
JanforGore

20 responses // We need more urgent climate change plans from presidential candidates

  • And just to mention, my son was filming this, and when I said politicians need to have courage and to stop pandering he snickered and I had to hold back myself. He may be young, but he's smart.;-).
    JanforGore
  • Jan,
    I agree with most what you had to say. We can't count on corporations to make the change, that's how insanity like ethanol comes into being. But politicians are the means by which real change can begin. Their needs to be a grassroots movement toward the affordable turbine technologies and hydrogen fuel cells or electric cars available today to invigorate political action. I don't recommend investing in solar energy yet because I foresee solar panels becoming highly more efficient in the next 5 or 10 years; absorbing perhaps 50 to 75% of the spectrum.

    I understand the mistrust toward nuclear energy because fission is very danger and produces nuclear waste. But I think fusion, if in some time in the not to distant future becomes feasible, could solve the problem of "global warming". Even though I disagree with the concept of global warming.

    The goal that politicians should be aiming for is self sufficiency. In what we consume and produce. It's not an impossible goal, nothing is. People can accomplish anything that they set their minds to.
    ivxx
  • I agree, we need a grassroots movement.That's why I'm here ;-) I also think solar's time is now. There are great innovations and strides being made with photovoltaics, arrays, and nano technology. They just need investment capital and people willing to take the risk to bring it forward, but we cannot wait past the next five to ten years. Of course, that then also means that people need to be educated as to the advantages of these types of energies in order to then demand them. That is really the hardest task. Getting people to understand that in this instance change is not only good for the economy and the planet, it is now imperative.
    JanforGore
  • nothing short of a police state run by an environmentalist / benevolent dictator will save america , or the world .
    malathion
  • Jan,
    Yes, there are many new interesting innovations in photovoltaics but non of them are actual products yet.
    ivxx
  • Hello Jan, great to SEE you! Thank you for saving the planet and future generations. Tell your son hello for me and thanks!
    futuregen
  • Nice to hear from you futuregen. Thanks to you too.
    JanforGore
  • ivxx: True. And that is why we have to put pressure on candidates and this Congress to stop pandering to those lobbies that keep these innovations from becoming products. Thanks for responding here.
    JanforGore
  • My, it looks like some supporters of certain candidates didn't like the policy of their candidates being criticized. Democracy is wonderful isn't it? Especially when you can vote someone down based on a grudge and not have to face them by discussing the issue and why you disagree. ;-).
    JanforGore
  • Hi Jane, it's good to put a face to your posts.

    I agree wholeheartedly!
    VoyagerFilms
  • Cosmo: Great response and thank you for it. I do all of those things as well and agree wholeheartedly with you on individual changes we all can make.The saying it begins with us is not trite but true. But I also believe political leaders need to get it as well. Many of the larger changes that will have to be made in industry will have to come from politicians stepping up to the plate and doing the right thing as well. Although honestly, I think more changes will come from individuals, states, organizations, and companies, and I truly do hope it is enough should policy not catch up. Thanks again.
    JanforGore
  • Voyager: Thanks.
    JanforGore
  • Thank you for putting a voice to so many opinions I write and speak on my own local level. I have never understood why more people do not take this seriously.

    In "End of Suburbia," there was a great analogy made to nuclear holocaust and WW3 (by Matthew Simmons, I believe): We spent decades preparing for and worrying about a face-off with the Soviet Union and it never happened, probably because we expended so much effort on it.

    I believe the same is true of climate change. If we, as a nation, tackled the implications of global warming with the same level of intensity, forethought, and planning that we used in the Cold War, we might be able to mitigate and survive the changes that will come with a reasonable level of comfort and security.
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    tlpatten
  • Thank you for what you do as well. I too wish more people took this more seriously. I suppose however it is human nature to only worry about something when it affects you personally. People on the whole don't seem to be able to see the big picture and how what is happening to glaciers in the Arctic and elsewhere for example affects them in the Midwest. That I think is what we need to change.
    JanforGore
  • Thank you Jan... Nice... Will you please address the fact that Bush is back on pushing for Alaskan and Florida drilling for the same old oil rich earth rapists... I've known since Al Gore ran against him that this was going to become his main theme at some point... He and all his oil-rich brothers/partners have just been baiting us... Now once people are paying 4+$ at the pumps, he intends to squeeze in his profitmaking agenda... Please address this in more professional lingo as you do so well! Thanks again for educating us on these important issues.
    jjmaster
  • what's the point in having more urgent plans for climate change when they're just shot down by those unwilling to listen (for one reason... or the other.)
    stephenthomson
  • jjmaster: yes, that's the plan. And I would not be surprised if oil companies are behind the current propaganda that biofuels are not environmentally sustainable. Notice how they don't say "corn ethanol" is not sustainable, but biofuels, which gives people the impression that all biofuels are the same. They want to keep oil the primary energy source and bleed us while they do. Oil is their God.
    JanforGore
  • wait till Obama's in office. He has a head on his shoulders with a brain inside it. He wasn't whistlin' dixie when he said he was going to work with Gore. Obama's not in it to be popular. He's not an ego-maniac. He wants to put the country back on the good path. I think he'll surprise you.
    stephenthomson
  • You're right! We can't wait! Dear lord it's gotta happen NOW.

    I agree with the carbon tax too! We should use that money to invest in new forms of energy, like you said! Or we can invest in something like the bike movement in Paris, or I've been thinking for ever that here in NYC we should make all Taxi's electric. And all of the commuters who drive in to NYC should be charged even more tolls, so they finally realize that they could easily train it in. It's gonna cost money, and who should pay for it, the one's who "killed the electric car", the oil companies, the factories, all of the selfish drivers! Know what I'm saying?

    btw jan, i'm going to post my notes from gore's speech here in nyc shortly.
    organized_chaos
  • organized_chaos... looking forward to your notes on Mr. Gore's speech, and thank you.
    JanforGore

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