I see, and which political objectives is MMGW the foundational principle of? If it’s true that there are objectives here that use the result of MMGW to legislate and pass morally problematic, or at the very least, troublesome laws, that still doesn’t mean that the science behind AGW is bunk. That’s what I am trying to drive home, here. The two need to be divorced, and the implementation of MMGW to legislate and pass troublesome laws is what needs to be addressed from a political perspective. What I mean to say, don’t fight the science, but fight the arguments that associate the science with the politics.
As I said before, if American Catholics of a more devout and conservative bent are seen rallying against AGW, it will promote the already present, and erroneous, stereotype of the Catholic Church being this anti-science barbaric organization. That’s not what would need to be rallied against; otherwise, one would sort of be throwing out the baby with the bathwater, as they say.
Yes, in Spain the situation can be rather extreme – if you look around, it’s not just lack of heating in the central part in winter, but people die of heat stroke/exhaustion in Madrid almost every summer.
I’d be curious to know what laws, though, would resemble Sharia if these legislations were passed. I’m trying to figure out where this line of thought is coming from.
In Spain, this has nothing to do with politics; it’s considered a scientific fact that is happening, and it isn’t something that’s exploited by one party or another. It’s why the political aspect of this that sort of stands out in America seems bizarre to me.
As to the political objectives, we know a few things this administration and its like wish to do. As Obama said, he wants to make utility bills “skyrocket”. What does that mean? Well, so far, it means an additional $1500 per year to people in my state because he has had the EPA virtually ban coal for electrical generation, notwithstanding that the coal being used is as “clean” as coal comes out of the earth; far, far cleaner than the lignite that’s in increasing use in Germany. And their pollution controls are state of the art here. But Obama still wants it stopped entirely. It’s no mystery, he has said it himself.
CAFE standards (mileage for cars) are targeted at levels which, a few years from now, will prevent manufacture of virtually every type of pickup truck now on the road. It will make a difference in rural areas. You can’t, for example, haul a wagon load of hay with a tiny engine. Products and food are hauled by vehicles. You can’t increase the cost of fuel without increasing the cost of that food and those products.
We know those things so far. But we don’t know everything because this administration doesn’t tell the truth about its objectives.
I don’t think you understand who, in America, disfavors MMGW theory. Opposition to the theory is not considered “barbaric” or “anti-scientific” despite herculean efforts on the part of the environmentalist left to picture it as such. The majority of Americans now either do not believe in MMGW at all, or believe it’s not really a serious problem. Interestingly, the majority of American meteorologists have essentially the same view.
Also, while in Europe, politicians who push MMGW may act as if they believe it themselves, in America, they don’t. One small example was Obama sending a large jet plane to St. Louis simply to pick up a pizza and fly it to Washington, DC. Another, of course, is Al Gore’s flying around in a private jet and having seven large homes that he keeps heated or cooled year-round. That kind of thing bespeaks personal disbelief on their part.
My reference to Sharia was misunderstood. I did not say MMGW had anything to do with Sharia. What I was trying to communicate is that there is a big difference between paying lip service to some tenet or theory and living with the consequences of its becoming law. So, while everybody is willing to respect Islam as a religion, no westerners want it as a legal and political system. In similar manner, while many may give a nod to MMGW, nobody wants to live with the consequences of the hard left being able to force their “mitigation” plans with the power of the state.
