Candidates Candid About Climate Change
When you receive the Seal you will see global warming approaching as the end-times. You will be interested to see the presidential contenders for 2008 are taking up the issue of global warming. McCain has pulled ahead as the front-runner in the Republican race after Super Tuesday when he captured most of the delegates. Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton are nearly tied in their race for the democratic nomination.
Illinois senator Barack Obama has taken up the issue of global warming, claiming his plan is better than the plan of McCain. He has met with Al Gore and was encouraged to take action before the election.
All three of these candidates–Obama, Clinton, and McCain–have plans to fight global warming based on the “cap and trade” system where permits are sold to polluters. The more they pollute, the more permits they have to buy.
Obama claims his plan is superior because his plan would require “auctioning” where all the permits have to be bought up front. That is what the European Union is moving toward doing more of.
It may seem like good news this issue has come out in the open like this for the candidates. People are becoming more and more concerned about global warming and making changes will require sweeping legislation.
From around 1990 to 2005 Germany was able to cut its emissions by ten percent. And the United Kingdom cut emissions during that time by 3 percent. So it is possible to cut emissions with the cap and trade system.
But those cuts are not nearly enough and can not possibly happen soon enough. 2005 was another record year for emissions. Nearly 7.9 billion tons of carbon emissions polluted the air that year alone.
And the pollution has been growing at a rate of nearly 3 percent per year since 1900. Even with the United States making cuts in emissions, The US is currently the leader in pollution, and those cuts can not possibly be enough.
Eventually industry will switch to clean energy. Most of the carbon emissions are caused by burning fossil fuels to create electricity. The second-highest polluter is transportation which can be changed too.
But those changes will not happen for years to come. Meanwhile pollution is growing and developing countries are predicted to be the fastest-growing polluters in the coming decades.
Carbon dioxide is blamed for being a “greenhouse gas” and trapping in the heat of the sun but not letting it escape, much like a greenhouse stays warm inside. It is upsetting the delicate balance of the ecosystem of the earth.
There is a consensus among scientists all around the world on global warming. And they agree with the prophecy of Jesus about the end-times. Jesus taught the simple parable of the fig tree.
When the fig tree blossoms, Jesus said, you know that summer is near. Jesus likened the end of the world to a “summer.” And today that is what scientists agree the end of the world is coming like.
Now it does not matter much who you vote for. All the candidates have plans to fight global warming. But none of them can possibly do enough to change the world. And time is running out.
When you receive the Seal you will see global warming as the sign of the end-times as Jesus predicted. You will prepare yourself by reconciling with God when you receive the Seal.
February 29th, 2008 at 4:52 am
I am all for taking excellent care of the earth God created–way more than we are doing. But to equate man-made global warming with the “end times” Jesus speaks of is to give way too much credit to the power of mankind to destroy, and too little credit to the power of the Creator to protect.
There is only a consensus among scientists who are funded by groups and governments who already buy into the theory of man-made global warming. 30 years ago they screamed “global cooling” and said we needed to melt the polar ice caps. The truth is that carbon is a trace gas, and the vast majority of it comes from the ocean. Many scientists believe that carbon increases AFTER the temperature increases, and that the latter is caused by the Sun. Besides, what’s one degree of warming among friends?
Unfortunately, this theory is used to keep developing nations, especially in Africa, from developing using the inexpensive fuel options to provide electricity to their people. The so-called “compassion” of liberals who keep whole nations in the dark ages while they live in great comfort isn’t compelling to me. We all need to live in huts and give up computers and lights if we really believe this stuff. I’m a fruitarian, so I could do it, but I doubt most would. Al Gore is one of the worst offenders on the planet, yet he traversed the globe in his decades old gas guzzling private jet to get his Nobel prize. Paying carbon credits doesn’t do anything–it’s like the old Catholic scam of selling indulgences: I can sin all I want if I’m rich enough to pay off the church/government.
That’s just my 2 cents worth. BTW, all three candidates scare me, especially on the left. But I think it does matter who we vote for. I want someone who is going to take national security very seriously, because I know our enemies do. I hope my comments aren’t offensive, but I wanted to share my perspective.