Anyone with half a brain (and there are many) have watched the GOP circus and most find it disgusting…….but our present prez will be making a speech that should add sufficient fuel to the clown car primaries……..
To expand his legacy he will be making a major climate change statement…….and we know how the idiots think of climate change, huh?
But Obama will let loose the fodder for the reaction……
President Obama will impose even steeper cuts on greenhouse gas emissions from US power plants than previously expected, senior administration officials said today, in what the president called the most significant step the US has ever taken to fight global warming. A year after proposing unprecedented carbon dioxide limits, Obama was poised to finalize the rule at a White House event tomorrow. In a video posted to Facebook, Obama said the limits were backed up by decades of data showing that without tough action, the world will face more extreme weather and escalating health problems like asthma. “Climate change is not a problem for another generation,” Obama says. “Not anymore.”
Opponents vowed to sue immediately, and planned to ask the courts to put the rule on hold while legal challenges play out. Many states have threatened not to comply. In his initial proposal, Obama had mandated a 30% nationwide cut in carbon dioxide emissions by 2030, compared to 2005 levels. The final version will require a 32% cut instead, say the officials, who weren’t authorized to comment by name and requested anonymity. Environmental groups cheered the toughened rule, and Hillary Clinton vowed to defend it if she’s elected to replace him. The final rule also gives states extra time to submit plans and comply, but the administration will attempt to encourage states to take action earlier by offering credits to those that boost renewable sources like wind and solar.
Will the GOP loonies take the bait and go off to batcrap crazy land?
And if a Dem somehow wins in 2016 will these perimeters be upheld? Is this just fodder for a campaign or is this something that will be realistic enough to work towards?
I’m assuming that like previously announced versions of these requirements, the ones the Pres. will talk about, are phased in over decades. If so then it’s going to be pretty much free. We are already getting most of the way there by replacing coal electric with natgas (natgas burns more efficiently, so you use less fuel and thus spit out less CO2), and by improved fuel efficiency for passenger vehicles. Solar will do the rest, it’s already economical much of the country, and over decades, will be economical everywhere. This will not only save the environment, it will save money too.
I use to have a truck that run on natgas and it was as unstable price wise as reg gas…..wild swings depending on production the same crap they give us about real gas……I agree with the solar…..and down here wind ought to be considered……