Posted on 08/13/2014 9:08:45 AM PDT by jazusamo
Former President Carter says climate skeptics are the "biggest handicap" for the U.S. when it comes to acting on global warming.
I would say the biggest handicap we have right now is some nutcases in our country that dont believe in global warming, Carter said Tuesday during
the American Renewable Energy Day summit in Aspen, Colo.
I think they are going to change their position because of pressure from individuals, because the evidence of the ravages of global warming is already there," he added.
The 39th president expressed frustration with the administration and Congress on their lack of efforts to mitigate climate change, arguing that the U.S. is lagging behind other countries on the issue, the Aspen Times reports.
I was a bit disappointed he took a wait and see approach during his first five or six years in office, but hes moving now, Carter said of President Obama.
Despite the administration's actions, Carter said, the U.S. is "right at the bottom."
We still only have about 10 percent of our energy from renewables," he said. "So we have a tremendous opportunity to do what other countries have done that we havent tapped yet."
Carter said the U.S. should be a leader on climate change in the same way it is militarily, claiming aggressive leadership on global warming would put the country in the position of a real superpower.
I think that were going to begin to realize that being a major superpower on Earth is not just who dominates economics and military, he said. I would say that one of the characteristics of a superpower is to take leadership on issues that could afflict the rest of the world, and I say climate change is one of those symbolic, but very tangibly important issues that would put the United States in the role of a true superpower.
Carter also called for a tax on carbon pollution, which he says is "the only reasonable approach."
Last time I was in Aspen, there were 30 private jets parked on the tarmac.
Normal people drove in from Denver
The Elite telling the servants how to live their lives.
Great point...It’s typical of the commie leftists to hold a summit at Aspen on renewable energy, they don’t have to deal with near as many of the common riffraff.
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