Comments on: What Happens to Climate Change Efforts if the Republicans Win The White House?

By: lenrosen4

Thu, 24 Mar 2016 13:53:00 +0000

In reply to jring281.

I don’t think my opinion matters. Are you asking about scientific proof to verify your points b), c) and d)? There is plenty of research and data result reports that address these. As for spending by the EPA and NOAA, the government in the United States (I’m Canadian) should seriously increase funding to these important bodies to continue to provide accurate monitoring of weather and climate trends. NOAA does legions of science that benefits the entire world. I’d be happy to see their budget double what it is today. That’s an opinion.

As for the latter part of your point b), can social behavior and technological information gathering help us to address climate change? In my opinion education can alter social behavior. Technology can provide us with the information which can serve to educate. Cutting CO2 emissions going forward is the one recognizable variable that correlates most closely to increases in global atmospheric temperatures. CO2 is also the common variable associated with changing pH levels in the world ocean, a common concern that is impacting sea life from the bottom of the food chain to the top.

You can type “climate change” and “CO2” into the search window on my 21stcentech.com site to read additional science based content to better understand the correlation between global warming and CO2. You can also type in “axial wobble” in the search field to read about other climate change influencing variables from our geological past.

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By: jring281

Wed, 23 Mar 2016 20:55:00 +0000

Len, Please give us your opinion on
a) whether the EPA and NOAA are spending their budget wisely.
b) whether climate change (which has been a cyclic phenomenon as far back as we can discern) can be moderated by current social and technology intelligence.
c) how climate change relates to global warming and CO2 levels.
d) when was the last time the earth shifted its inclination of rotation to is elliptical plane.

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By: lenrosen4

Sat, 19 Mar 2016 21:19:00 +0000

In reply to Wayne Caswell.

Hi Wayne, If I weren’t an atheist I would say “from your lips to God’s ears.”

The GOP’s tipping point may very well be about to happen if Trump secures the nomination. As a progressive from north of the American border one hopes that sense prevails among the electorate come the fall. A Trump presidential candidate may very well lead to the GOP that we know today crashing and burning.

Can Citizens’ United be reversed? Can civil discourse become the standard of debate? Can government once more legislate? Can representative democracy be wrested from those who have skewed it to their own purpose?

I agree with your last statement, you can’t have a great America if you tear down what makes it great. Let’s hope the country can break out of this political miasma and once more demonstrate global leadership based on the finest of those principles that led to its establishment in the first place.

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By: Wayne Caswell

Sat, 19 Mar 2016 19:39:00 +0000

Futurists examine trends, drivers, inhibitors and alternative scenarios in attempts to identify and craft plans for preferred futures an, or alternatively to avoid worst-case scenarios.

Putting on my optimistic progressive hat, I see the antics of Trump, the Tea Party, and the GOP overall as giving progressives a chance of not only winning the White House and Senate, but also taking control of the House and down-ballot state races. With that, if it were to happen, overturning Citizens United seems quite possible, was does campaign finance reform, redrawing gerrymandered voting districts, and implementing other programs designed to progress our nation forward, rather than holding it back. I frankly can’t see any way to make America great again by tearing down what made it great in the first place.

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