Re: [asa] Have Global Warming Alarmist Appeasers Jumped the

Nothing much of a rebuttal of what I said really but your attempt is
appreciated.

As to Newt's position on the climate and energy, somehow he has
failed to mention nuclear energy

instead we read

<quote>
A sound American energy policy would focus on four areas: basic
research to create a new energy system that has few environmental side
effects, incentives for conservation, more renewable resources, and
environmentally sound development of fossil fuels. To its credit, the
Bush administration has approached energy environmentalism the right
way, including using public-private partnerships that balance economic
costs and environmental gain.

The Bush administration's investment in developing hydrogen energy
resources may be the biggest breakthrough of the next half-century.
Hydrogen has the potential to provide energy that has no environmental
downside. In one stroke a hydrogen economy would eliminate both air
pollution and global warming concerns. Since hydrogen is abundant in
the air and water around us, it eliminates both the national security
and foreign exchange problems associated with petroleum. Suddenly oil
would become a source of petrochemicals and cease to be a source of
energy. The relative requirements for oil would shift to making
plastics and away from providing fuel. The result would be a lot less
reliance on the Middle East and a lot less concern over balance of
payments.

A hydrogen economy is probably twenty years away but there seems to be
no scientific reason the hydrogen engine cannot be mass-¬produced.
General Motors and virtually every other major automobile manufacturer
have major programs underway to develop hydrogen energy designs and
production. The potential is real that many of the pollution problems
of our lifetime will begin to disappear after 2020 or 2025.

Conservation is the second great opportunity in energy. Already the
United States has adjusted to earlier oil price increases by becoming
a dramatically more efficient user of energy. But companies like
Honeywell and Johnson Controls believe we could achieve 30 to 60
percent improvements in energy conservation if our tax policy better
encouraged it and if we set the standard by optimizing energy use in
government buildings. A tax credit to subsidize energy efficient cars
(including a tax credit for turning in old and heavily polluting cars)
is another idea we should support.

Renewable resources are gradually evolving to meet their potential:
from wind generator farms to solar power to biomass conversion.
Continued tax credits and other advantages for renewable resources are
a must.

Finally, it is time for an honest debate about drilling and producing
in places like Alaska, our national forests, and off the coast of
scenic areas. The Left uses scare tactics from a different era to
block environmentally sound production of raw materials. Three
standards should break through this deadlock. First, scientists of
impeccable background should help set the standards for sustaining the
environment in sensitive areas, and any company entering the areas
should be bonded to meet those standards. Second, the public should be
informed about new methods of production that can meet the
environmental standards, and any development should be only with those
new methods. Third, a percentage of the revenues from resources
generated in environmentally sensitive areas should be dedicated to
environmental activities including biodiversity sustainment, land
acquisition, and environmental cleanups in places where there are no
private resources that can be used to clean up past problems.
</quote>

Newt on moving forward

<quote>Gingrich's challenge came in response to Kerry, who asked what
the former Georgia congressman's message would be to conservatives who
are "resisting even the science" documenting the Earth's changing
climate.

"My message, I think, is that the evidence is sufficient that we
should move toward the most effective possible steps to reduce
carbon-loading of the atmosphere," Gingrich said.</quote>

Certainly Newt's denunciation of Inhofe, is a clear message to
conservatives.

On 4/11/07, Janice Matchett <janmatch@earthlink.net> wrote:
>
> At 02:23 AM 4/11/2007, you wrote:
>
>
> Next person to jump the shark: Gingrich .." ~ Pim
> @ You have GOT to be kidding! LOL Read my exchange with another
> confused soul below. ~ Janice
>

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Received on Wed Apr 11 19:24:08 2007