Posted on 02/04/2016 9:20:27 PM PST by JediJones
As speaker of the Florida House of Representatives in 2008, Marco Rubio helped pass a sweeping energy bill - backed by a number of environmentalists - that seemed to reflect a bipartisan interest in renewable energy, climate change and the environment.
Rubio's positioning on environmental issues has inarguably changed as he evolved from local Republican legislator to high-profile U.S. senator and, now, presidential candidate.
"This nation and ultimately the world is headed for an emissions tax and energy diversification," Rubio told the Legislature. "Those changes will require technological advances that make those measures cost effective. The demand for such advances will create an industry to meet it. Florida should become the Silicon Valley of that industry."
"I'm in favor of them designing it," Rubio said in 2008 of the cap-and-trade program.
Rubio, for his part, had begun to say the 2008 bill had always been designed to kill a cap-and-trade program.
Much of the language in the 2008 energy bill has since been stripped from statute, in bills sponsored by Republicans who have expressed skepticism about climate change.
(Excerpt) Read more at capitalnewyork.com ...
Where do I pay my ‘emissions tax’ for farting in this clown’s general direction?
One more reason I won’t vote for the Rube.
He helped drive up energy cost in Florida .
I can’t stand this guy , I see him as two faced .
He is typical of the politicians from south Florida where tons of extra stuff is added to project that drive up the cost and end up enriching them and their friends.
The answer is not to ignore or ban solar, but to let the utilities work it into the grid as they can profitably do so. The key is to not let solar shysters and scammers run the show.
Rubio gained his senate seat on LIES.
Rubio comes off as a standard out of the box Democrat.
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