J Anthony wrote:
Weather aside, do you not acknowledge that modern life is not having an altogether positive effect on our land, air and water, not to mention our minds and bodies?
I seriously doubt you could find one Republican, conservative, or ___________ (insert your own derogatory term) that advocates trashing our planet or resources. IMHO the biggest difference between Conservatives and Libtards lies with how realistic their approach is to protecting the planet.
Libtards seem to believe there is some type of magic switch the world can throw and eliminate all forms of carbon based energy. If you read the 3rd page of that IEA report, you may have noticed the $48 trillion
in investment required to meet the worlds energy needs over the next 20 years, $53 trillion if alternative, more efficient sources are considered. Regardless of which number you consider, roughly $2.5 trillion a year needs to be invested in order to extract enough energy to meet our needs.
So while Oskidmark has thrown roughly $150 billion to subsidize alternative energy sources over a few years, that amount is still a pittance when you consider our overall energy needs. The Anonymous Libtard started this post talking about greedy businesses and science yet fails to understand why these so called greedy businesses arent pursuing profits in alternative energy sources. Surely if they are greedy and the profits are there, they would sink their $2.5 trillion a year into these alternative sources of energy. The answer is simple; alternative energy sources are in their infancy and if you remove the subsidies, there is no profit and the worlds energy requirements are too great to invest in too much outside of proven sources of energy.
Businesses are pursuing alternative energy sources and are using science to advance their efforts, but it could take 50 to 100 years to eliminate all carbon based energy sources. That may be an ugly fact, but it is still a fact and this is where I see a disconnect between the approach of Libtards and Conservatives on how to eliminate carbon based energy.
I have seen several cases where the EPA Jackboots mandated coal fired generating plants install scrubbers on their plants in order to meet Clean Air regulations (that were written by someone now in prison) only to have the EPA move the goal posts after the plants spent a few hundred $million$ on the scrubbers. So after spending all that money (actually consumers money) these plants may be forced to shut down anyway. This is the primary reason I feel the EPA needs to be shut down entirely. If they are unable to strike a balance between preserving our environment and imposing unreasonable economic measures on consumers, shut them down completely.
There is no magic switch and until Libtards recognize the fact they need to strike a balance between protecting the planet while at the same time protecting humans, our economy, and anything else that may be adversely affected by your fantasies, you will meet resistance from conservatives.