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From Pres. Barack Obama’s second inaugural address, January 21, 2013:
“We will respond to the threat of climate change, knowing that the failure to do so would betray our children and future generations. Some may still deny the overwhelming judgment of science, but none can avoid the devastating impact of raging fires, and crippling drought, and more powerful storms. The path towards sustainable energy sources will be long and sometimes difficult. But America cannot resist this transition. We must lead it. We cannot cede to other nations the technology that will power new jobs and new industries—we must claim its promise. That is how we will maintain our economic vitality and our national treasure: our forests and waterways, our croplands and snowcapped peaks. That is how we will preserve our planet, commanded to our care by God.”
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Add CommentMore corn for ethanol, Yeah!
Reply | Report Abuse | Link to thisPolluter-Payer tax is the only viable solution. This is not a tax increase, as tax on jobs could be reduced in parallel. The new technologies needed would stimulate the economy and replace those jobs lost through energy efficiency regulations.
Reply | Report Abuse | Link to thisPlease Panama's rulers are third world: they cut off the head to their discoverers. Someone with scientific authority, tell Obama, that God sent already the solution:
Reply | Report Abuse | Link to thisOCEANOGENIC POWER of Panama.
It will be difficult for countries like Germany to go sustainable if the US keeps on subsidising fracking via illicit tax reductions to energy companies.
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