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In a heavily hyped debate – one that environmentalist Democrats hoped would be a “smack down” on Republicans -- former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich disappointed them and conservatives alike when he declared that human activity was causing the Earth to warm.
The concession was made in a debate on global warming with Sen. John Kerry (D.-Mass.) today on Capitol Hill that was sponsored by the Brookings Institution and the RAND Corporation.
In his first portion of allotted time Gingrich said there were two undisputed areas of scientific consensus on global warming: that the earth is getting hotter and the warming had been caused by human activity.
At one point, Kerry asked Gingrich what he would say to conservatives like Sen. James Inhofe (R.-Okla.) who do not believe global warming is caused by human activity. Gingrich said, "The evidence is sufficient that we should move to the most effective possible steps to reduce carbon."
“We should be moving to develop all kinds of new green technology,” Gingrich said. He challenged Kerry to find market-based solutions to reduce carbon emission instead of increasing environmental regulations.
“Regulation and litigation are the least effective ways of getting solutions,” the former Speaker said. “Reshaping markets with incentives are the fastest way.”
As you can see, from the underlined portions, Gingrich accepted the two axioms of the Human Caused Global Warming argument, namely that warming exists and that it is caused by humans. He further parrots the line that debate is settled and we should move immediately to solutions.
After those statements, all of his arguments about market-based approaches and limiting regulation is just so much hot air (which will surely lead to greater global warming...). Like a good professor, Gingrich makes the point that if Human-Caused Global Warming exists, the best way to deal with it is through market methods. But he failed to say "if".
Once you accept the fiction of Human Caused Global Warming, you effectively hand the Lefties the hammer with which they can smash the economy and sieze control of the means of production.
This is a grave error. One that Newt cannot recover from, IMHO.
Rather than accept two sentences and one press condensation of what Newt allegedly said as Newt's new "position from which he cannot recover", I think I'll wait for him to provide an extended answer on this question. As it stands nothing he's said in the past supports the human causation argument.
I'm sure that at some point Newt won't mnd clarifying his remarks in great detail.
Your readiness to declare betrayal, disaster, and "a grave error", and basing that largely on the basis that "he failed to say 'if'" is risible. It's also a little transparent