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mindwalker_i

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5. Because Solyndra

Reply to Playinghardball (Original post)

Wed May 7, 2014, 01:07 PM

May 2014

We don't have excuses, we have Republicans.

There are so many things we could be doing, not just specifically for climate change, but that would make it a lot easier to solve the problem. We could be investing all those subsidies that go to oil and coal into solar or other carbon-neutral energy sources. We could be scaling up our education system so the next generation has better abilities to tackle these problems. Hell, we could put money into rebuilding our economy - take the "conservative" approach and apply all that economic knowledge that civilization has painfully gained on how to get economies working - shoot the people supporting trickle-down and austerity, apply a good, progressive tax system, tax wealth, etc. With a roaring economy, we could put resources into developing the technologies that will provide energy without killing us.

But we have Republicans.

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NdT - a national treasure. cbayer May 2014 #1

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That begs the question: Jack Rabbit May 2014 #25

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