Obama Green Rescue Plan
I was interested to read an article on the Guardian website about the US strategy for fighting climate change and the recession at the same time.
It is nice to see that with a new President and administration in the world’s largest economy is finally waking up to the potential threat of climate change. Like most normal people on the planet, I have to rely on the various research studies and media coverage to come to my own opinion on climate change and global warming. I have listened to the thoughts of those clearly worried by the threat, and listened to the skeptics and tend to believe that climate change is more than likely occurring.
My worry with pumping billions of dollars into new projects, such as wind farms and new underground systems is that CO2 is created by that very exercise. I recently had a meeting with a company wishing to start selling solar panels to our company. It seemed to me that the amount of savings people could make through a lower fuel bill and less emmissions was negligable, and when I asked how much CO2 would be created during the manufacture and installation of them, I didn’t get a straight answer.
It is great that Governments are finally starting to think and act on climate change, but my concern is the continuous obsession with economic growth in the world will mean that such measures make little difference. I hope I’m wrong.
With the population growing at a rapid rate, and the desire of developing countries to have all the luxuries of the Western world I fear that humanity will lose the battle. As an individual I listen to all the news and show concern, but I have been mostly inactive myself. I feel helpless to act in a meaningful way as I’m just one person on a planet with billions of people who don’t necessarily share the same concerns.
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