Would you bet your paycheck on a weather forecast for tomorrow? If not, then why should this country bet billions on global warming predictions that have even less foundation?
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I'm not an economist and we all know economists were created to make weather forecasters look good.
I think there is a degree of speculation that is satisfied the climate is changing.
I have been fighting climate change for two decades, and people often ask me how I remain hopeful in the face of extreme weather and grim forecasts. The answer is simple: I see countless solutions spreading across the nation and across the world. But we need more investment.
There are jobs to be created on both sides of the climate argument. Whether we are investing in oil or sun, coal or wind, gas or algae, the economy will be stimulated by the investment. The economy, unlike each of us, is not swayed by ideology.
There has been evidence throughout history of cycles when the earth gets warmer and cycles when the earth gets colder. We should always be wise stewards of the earth and all of our natural resources. But as a policymaker, I won't be guided by the global warming propaganda machine. Al Gore - we need you to return your Nobel Peace Prize!
My faith in the economic potential of the low carbon economy is not an untested prediction.
If you have reason to think that yesterday's forecast went wrong, there is no glory in sticking to it.
We really can't forecast all that well, and yet we pretend that we can, but we really can't.
Global warming isn't a prediction. It is happening.
Every day is Earth Day, and I vote we start investing in a secure climate future right now.