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Which candidates will take action against global warming?

Serious actions that will help our plantet?

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago
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    OBama obviously. Hes the only canidate who has talked about it. THis is what he said he was going to do:

    Reduce Carbon Emissions 80 Percent by 2050

    Cap and Trade: Obama supports implementation of a market-based cap-and-trade system to reduce carbon emissions by the amount scientists say is necessary: 80 percent below 1990 levels by 2050. Obama's cap-and-trade system will require all pollution credits to be auctioned. A 100 percent auction ensures that all polluters pay for every ton of emissions they release, rather than giving these emission rights away to coal and oil companies. Some of the revenue generated by auctioning allowances will be used to support the development of clean energy, to invest in energy efficiency improvements, and to address transition costs, including helping American workers affected by this economic transition.

    Confront Deforestation and Promote Carbon Sequestration: Obama will develop domestic incentives that reward forest owners, farmers, and ranchers when they plant trees, restore grasslands, or undertake farming practices that capture carbon dioxide from the atmosphere

    Invest $150 Billion over 10 Years in Clean Energy: Obama will invest $150 billion over 10 years to advance the next generation of biofuels and fuel infrastructure, accelerate the commercialization of plug-in hybrids, promote development of commercial-scale renewable energy, invest in low-emissions coal plants, and begin the transition to a new digital electricity grid. A principal focus of this fund will be devoted to ensuring that technologies that are developed in the U.S. are rapidly commercialized in the U.S. and deployed around the globe.

    Invest $150 Billion over 10 Years in Clean Energy: Obama will invest $150 billion over 10 years to advance the next generation of biofuels and fuel infrastructure, accelerate the commercialization of plug-in hybrids, promote development of commercial-scale renewable energy, invest in low-emissions coal plants, and begin the transition to a new digital electricity grid. A principal focus of this fund will be devoted to ensuring that technologies that are developed in the U.S. are rapidly commercialized in the U.S. and deployed around the globe.

    etc

    This is what he has done so far:

    Renewable Fuels: Obama has worked on numerous efforts in the Senate to increase access to and use of renewable fuels. Obama passed legislation with Senator Jim Talent (R-MO) to give gas stations a tax credit for installing E85 ethanol refueling pumps. The tax credit covers 30 percent of the costs of switching one or more traditional petroleum pumps to E85, which is an 85 percent ethanol/15 percent gasoline blend. Obama also sponsored an amendment that became law providing $40 million for commercialization of a combined flexible fuel vehicle/hybrid car within five years.

    If you want to read more go to (its in the sources)

    Hope it helped!

  • Anonymous
    5 years ago

    Well global warming maybe a myth - but not climate change. The more you research global warming the more you realize that it is just one symptom of climate change. The entire global climate is changing and the effects are different all over the world. Temperatures in the tropics will not increase very much but temperature in the arctic region can increase by as much as 10-degree Celsius. So an increase in global warming depends on where in the globe you are. Around the equator no real temperature changes but a lot more extreme weather patterns – storms and hurricanes. The scientists can fight all they want about global warming and myth or fact, or argue that it is natural or man made, but it is a fact that much of the earth is experiencing some form of climate changes and this can lead to failure of the economy and safety concerns, with more storms, more floods, more droughts, more heat. If we are not ready when it happens the human population will be thinned out considerably. Climate change is a fact and keep in mind that the atmosphere has a 10 year delay period, any improvements we make today will take 10 year to see. Talk CFC ban for example its been approx 10-15 since North America banned CFC and only now is the ozone showing signs of stability and possible self – repair. So change you focus to climate change and not just global warming.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    No candidate can change the climate . The only way to make a slight difference in pollution in the world would be if India and China were to cease all plans for new development.

    The U.S. actually pollutes very little because of our high emission standards . Mexico puts out nearly as much pollution as the U.S. with a smaller population and less GNP .

    If you are concerned about carbon dioxide , the levels have increased from 280 ppm - 318 ppm during the past 200 years , but more than half of it happened after the industrial revolution and the effect actual doesn't have any relation with the earth's temperature and it actually makes a greener environment because plant life thrive on carbon dioxide .

    Its not American warming , it's Global .

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Luckily, none of them are bad. Hillary and Obama are rated roughly equal by environmental agencies. McCain isnt so great on the environment in general, but does have a plan that would spend an obscene amount of money on the prevention of Global warming over the next 30 years.

    KW: Thanx for your input, youve certainly changed my mind. I take your opinion over the vast majority of climatologists that provide piles of evidence for AGW

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  • 1 decade ago

    Obama plans to spend over $250 billion in green energy infrastructure building which not only help the environment, but also will create 7 million new jobs in the what will come to be known as the Green Collar Industry

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Global warming is not man made ... so I would hope they focus more on energy supplies and improving efficiency.

    The real cause for climate change is likely the recent changes in earth's magnetic field. It has migrated 5 degrees over the last few years. I urge you all to educate yourself on this, and not listen to the hype from the GW alarmists.

  • 1 decade ago

    republicans do not believe in global warming, the current president said it is a farce himself. so obama or Hill

  • momof2
    Lv 5
    1 decade ago

    there is no global warming as they define it. We are in the end of an ice age. Check out geology websites to get the real deal.

  • 1 decade ago

    Obama, McCain and Hillary have all mentioned it. None have suggested serious arguments. Hillary and Obama are for the Kyoto Accord. (but it will never get though congress).

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    never know Obama might try to turn off the volcanos and readjust the Earth. He make more impossible promises than that

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