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dc_dux · 10-21-2008, 09:55 AM

The fact is that both candidates are on record for significantly reducing CO2 emissions...Obama has a goal of 80% of 1990 emissions by 2050, McCain's goal is 60% of 1990 standards by 2050.

And they both want to do it in a manner that is economically sustainable. The biggest difference is that McCain is now backing away from his own goals and his own climate change legislation w/Lieberman (Obama supports a different bill).

No one is ignoring economic impacts, but to suggest that tough enforceable regulatory standards over time would be catastrophic to the economy, an economic doomsday, is just the reverse scare tactic of the other extreme.

10-21-2008, 09:55 AM	#31 (permalink)
dc_dux Location: Washington DC	The fact is that both candidates are on record for significantly reducing CO2 emissions...Obama has a goal of 80% of 1990 emissions by 2050, McCain's goal is 60% of 1990 standards by 2050. And they both want to do it in a manner that is economically sustainable. The biggest difference is that McCain is now backing away from his own goals and his own climate change legislation w/Lieberman (Obama supports a different bill). No one is ignoring economic impacts, but to suggest that tough enforceable regulatory standards over time would be catastrophic to the economy, an economic doomsday, is just the reverse scare tactic of the other extreme. __________________ "The perfect is the enemy of the good." ~ Voltaire Last edited by dc_dux; 10-21-2008 at 09:58 AM..