By, Stacy Jelke
I am an avid listener of the Glenn Beck radio program. Recently I heard an interview he conducted with Senator John McCain. I found this interview online written out word for word and this is a small portion of the interview composed of what Mr. Beck and Sen McCain said regarding global warming (which is the topic of this blog).
SENATOR McCAIN: But in the long term we've got to reduce, we've got to develop alternate energy forms, methods and technologies, and anybody that believes that America can't do that, then I don't think they have the confidence in America, innovation and technology that I do.
GLENN: You know, there's a new peer reviewed study out today that says global warming now looks like it's going to be on hold for ten years. Does that buy us any time to not spend the money on global warming and maybe concentrate on things like Social Security and fix some of those things that are right around the corner?
SENATOR McCAIN: Yes, Glenn, but where we may have a disagreement, I believe that the development of green technologies such as General Electric, the world's largest corporation, has dedicated to the development of nuclear energy as the French are able to generate 80% of their electricity with nuclear power. There's no reason why America shouldn't.
GLENN: Oh, I'm with you on that, yeah.
SENATOR McCAIN: So if we develop green technologies, and see, many people say it's going to cost us a whole lot more money. I don't agree with that. I think every time we've made technological advances in this country, over time it has reduced rather than raised costs and so in the name of national security and our dependence on foreign oil and in the name of handing our kids a globe and a planet that has less greenhouse gas emissions, I think the encouragement of alternate energy is a long-term solution to both a national security and an environmental challenge.
I found extremely interesting, because I feel many people who support Sen. Obama feel strongly about the warming environment! Many Obama supporters that I know have almost a wall built against seeing Sen. McCain as an advocate of global warming. I know many Republicans feel Global Warming may not be one of the most important worries for the country right now considering we are looking at possible recession, wars, etc. But I feel stongly that McCain is taking global warming seriously and I feel he truly does plan on striving to find alternative sources of energy.http://www.glennbeck.com/content/articles/article/196/9456/
