tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4315477600049539181.post2527265555396134617..comments2023-07-19T06:54:19.182-07:00Comments on Bump's Stump: Priorities Gone CrazyDixon Webbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07202690322034731396noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4315477600049539181.post-22038087340440587342009-12-04T14:50:40.839-08:002009-12-04T14:50:40.839-08:00The problem is global climate change could be impo...The problem is global climate change could be important or maybe won't be but we might not know until it's too late. I think they should skip the stupid carbon tax credits which will only make money for some people and instead go for fossil fuel taxes which are easy to instigate (even if unpopular) and use the profits for energy research and applying what we already know. The thing is we know it's not good to be sending so much money to countries that are our enemies. It fouls up our balance of trade; so do what will discourage the use while investigating better ways to get around and heat our homes. If carbon dioxide happens to be important, it will help that. The arguments over the glaciers and ice shelves go way beyond just our oceans rising but even water supplies many places like China where they depend on glacier melt. I have read several recent article on all of this and will try and put the links into my blog whenever I get to the subject. Overall though I agree with you that we have a lot of very big immediate problems to deal with, and a lot of the suggestions for energy don't seem to me to be that effective except for making money for somebody who is in the green systems already. Wonder who that could be...Rain Trueaxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07994628226501093880noreply@blogger.com