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wtmusic

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4. There is a component to the dialogue that even many environmentalists are missing.

Reply to Buzz Clik (Reply #3)

Sun Mar 17, 2013, 12:40 PM

Mar 2013

President Obama, the most powerful man in the world, is in the position to either move forward (whether incrementally, or not) or backward on climate change. He has apparently chosen to move backward.

When someone in Obama's position takes this stance there is a ripple effect, because the message that this sends is that moving backward a little is OK. That turning the porch light off is a nuisance, that I don't need to consider a hybrid when I could buy another flatscreen, that my carbon-dependent country can meet its CO2 commitments next year.

Wouldn't matter so much if we had time to play with, but we have none.

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If the Keystone project were to be scrapped at noon today... Buzz Clik Mar 2013 #1

A hotly debated topic. wtmusic Mar 2013 #2

I agree with you philosophically but have problems with the execution. Buzz Clik Mar 2013 #3

There is a component to the dialogue that even many environmentalists are missing. wtmusic Mar 2013 #4

This environmentalist is painfully aware that the environment is not on Obama's radar screen. Buzz Clik Mar 2013 #5