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Mark I don't "hate" Al Gore. I think he's smart. And he has more scientific data in front of him than you and Crockett will EVER see. He has the money and the power to know what is really going on.
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Of course. When I speak about these things, I am only like you - a citizen who considers himself to be well informed.
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I'm just saying to you...IF it's true, then why is his response to it just a way to make himself a billionaire?
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I'd disagree. He made the movie which I thought was excellent, and really opened my eyes. If we take him at his word, he became concerned about what he learned and shared it with the world via a movie. As far as everything else he is doing where he might profit from the Greening of America, I have no problem with this either.
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And Pres. Obama has even more data and resources at his disposal. Is he mobilizing the country? No.
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Well let's be honest. He's got alot of other things to do, and he has a congress that won't help him. Plus, he can't put in sweeping changes "just like that". He would meet opposition along the way. And besides all of that, he would have to give some heavy polluters time to make the changes they need.
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And by the way, when I say "the US is creating more CO2"...I'm talking about the Federal Govt. and the military.
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True but again, lets be honest. Some machines can't be efficient with pollution controls. For example, I'm pretty sure Tanks and other war machines don't have anything on them at all that reduces performance. Earth Movers and other big trucks must use Diesel, and maybe pollute more, because they need the strength to do what they do. As I've said before, "Green" can't replace everything - and we don't need it to.
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Also on your comment about the EPA. Yes, the EPA DID it's job.
But now it is overreaching and actually creating LAW and calling it "regulations". That is unconstitutional. Only Congress can pass federal law.
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The EPA is mandated, by law, to keep the air and water of the US clean. It has a legal contract with the government to do so.
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The EPA does need to be abolished. Like every other bureaucracy it has grown over it's limit and now exists mainly to feed itself and continue to get funding.
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NooooOOOooooo way...!! Dude you are way off on this one. The EPA is extremely important. Without the EPA your country would go apeshit and air quality would get that lovely China-brown color within months. The "Abolish the EPA" noise is far-right noise dressed as a "Job killer". Please man don't vote for anyone who wants to abolish the EPA.
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It needs to be shut down and a smaller more efficient organization put in it's place. It's obsolete. This isn't 1970. It's 2014. And the EPA is causing more harm to our country than any "good" it may be doing in this day and age.
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Like what? What harm is the EPA doing?