Beam me to Planet Gore !
Posted on 12/10/2009 11:27:38 AM PST by jazusamo
COPENHAGEN — Interior Secretary Ken Salazar joined the Obama administration’s charm offensive in Copenhagen on Thursday — and took some shots at the Bush administration in the process.
“As much as the world awoke to the dangers of climate change, the political leadership of the United States simply slept,” Salazar said in a briefing at the U.S. center here. “Confronting the impact of climate change was simply not a priority.”
He said things have changed since the election of Barack Obama.
“I’m here in today in Copenhagen on behalf of President Obama to deliver a simple message: The United States of America understands the danger that climate change poses to our world, and we — as a nation — are committed to confronting that challenge,” Salazar said. “Together with our partners in the international community, we will help build strong, achievable carbon reduction strategies for our planet.”
Salazar is just the latest in a string of Obama administration officials to make the pilgrimage to Copenhagen — and he’ll hardly be the last. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson briefed conference participants Wednesday, and Commerce Secretary Gary Locke is due Friday.
The officials have been tasked with trying to persuade a skeptic audience from 191 countries that the administration is serious on the environment — and that it has already done much to roll back Bush-era policies and regulations.
“Collectively, the actions we have taken in the last 11 months are opening up a new frontier for renewable energy production for the United States of America,” Salazar said. “On renewable energy, the truth speaks for itself. America’s vast deserts, plains, forests and oceans have been largely unexplored for their vast renewable energy potential. It was not a priority of the past administration.”
Salazar argued that legislation on clean energy could generate serious economic investments. “The possibilities are immense,” he said.
A strong proponent of offshore wind farms, Salazar spent the previous day inspecting Danish windmills, which supply about 20 percent of the country’s electricity. He said that, in the U.S., the administration had made significant investments in research and production of renewable energy.
“Now, there are some across this world, and indeed in the United States, who do not share our vision for American leadership for a clean energy economy. They defend the status quo. They complain that the path ahead is too costly too difficult or too uncertain,” he said.
“But I believe they are wrong. Their fears are misplaced. ... The international agreements that our nations are working on here in Copenhagen will propel us forward to a clean energy economy. So, too, will the comprehensive clean energy legislation that is moving through the United States Congress. The House has already passed the bill. The Senate has made progress on its version. And President Obama and I and the members of the Cabinet are working very closely every day to see that the job gets done.”
Sounds like Salazar slept through science class.
Ken, give me a call... I’ll have you up to the speed of a 5th grader within a couple of years.
Is it Bush’s fault that the CRU committed fraud?
How appropriate, given the quixotic nature of controlling climate change.
This is one thing I was proud of Bush about, though he got wobbly towards the end.
He recognized it for the fraud that it is and took much heat.
We have to stop giving them the benefit of the doubt that they are actually concerned about “global warming” at all.
They aren’t. Never were.
They want control. They want their “solutions” implemented (you know what they are),
and “global warming” is simply a convenient excuse to use to get them implemented.
CALL THEM ON IT. DON’T ACCEPT THE PREMISE/ASSERTION THAT THEY EVEN _CARE_ ABOUT GLOBAL WARMING.
Oh yeah? Well, I haven’t seen “The Jolson Story” yet. How you like dem apples, Ken, you creep face!
Let’s conveniently forget all those democrat senators who (wisely) voted to reject Kyoto 98 to nothing.
The greenies confuse me. Isn't nature supposed to remain pristine? Are they talking about EXPLOITING nature? And blaming GWB for not doing so? Rich!!
President Bush even signed legislation protecting a huge coral reef in the Hawaiian Islands, I think the largest area ever designated as such, but hey don't mention it!!
See, it never does any good for our side to cave in to THEIR agenda. Never.
Ping!
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/oct/15/us-decline-carbon-emissions
From the Guardian of all places
Hey Ken- looks like you were the one sleeping when all those windfarms and methanol plants were built and the world was hammered into unity
http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/1217/p08s01-comv.htm
under GWB - misguided liberalism on his part, but under him, nonetheless
I’ve always found it a bit “interesting” that in earlier times, people who claimed they could control the weather were written off as lunatics.
Now, those who deny that the government can control the weather are the lunatics.
It’s simply a misdirection.
If some of these “renewables” actually turned out to be a viable energy source, they’d oppose it, just like they do with nuclear power.
Understand their motives, and you can predict their behaviors.
Yeah... Kyoto, you don’t hear much about that anymore.
Or, perhaps it was renamed “cap and trade.”
That’s what they do, rename stuff until they can get it passed.
Same ‘tard who keeps insisting that the regulatory drought here in CA is due to climate change.
None of these cork suckers could even compete on “Are you smarter than a 5th grader.
Bush did a magnificent job of giving the loonies just enough lip service to placate them, all the while stalling any “global warming” agreements. Looks like the delays worked, allowing time for the Gore Effect and Climategate to become known.
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