do republicans care about the enviroment?

Question

i am not an american, but whenever i see the news, all i see is people affiliated to the republicna party saying global warming is just a hoax from liberals who want to destroy u.s. economy.
is this the thought of every republican?

Answer 1

No. There are Republican conservationists who aim to strike a balance between preservation and exploitation. Sustainable development, conservation efforts towards hunting, etc are all supported by sections of the Republican party. As far as the environment goes, *some* Republicans want to protect it because it is in their financial best interest to do so (it can be more efficient and make more money) as well as their interest to have a decent planet. Not everyone feels that way though. You must understand that in America with it's two party politics, a lot of issues and stances are covered under the umbrella of one (or both) of the two parties. There are sub-factions and sub-philosophies underlying almost every major belief or issue in both parties. Keep that in mind.

Answer 2

I am a republican that is concerned about the environment. I generally agree with the evidence for global warming, but I am not convinced signing Kyoto would solve it or even help. So therefore I am branded as anti-environment, greedy, etc, etc.

Kyoto was a feel good measure that no country who signed it will actually live up to (so far most are failing)-nor did the politicians who crafted it actually believe in it. What people don't see is that it was meant to keep politicians in power where the green movement was strongest.

What is needed is thoughtful action, not panic. India and China will shortly become far larger producers of greenhouse gas than any other nation. We need to figure out a way to solve this problem without resorting to economic punishment.

The extreme environmentalists are on the verge of driving more people away from concern about global warming and environmental concerns than towards it. The fear mongering is not based in science- the scientific consensus is not nearly as severe as the spin-doctors would have people believe.

Answer 3

Of course Republicans care about the environment. It is also consistent to believe that global warming is nothing more than hysterics. The environmental doomsayers, going all the way back to Thomas Malthus, have yet to be correct in any of their predictions.

Paul Ehrlich predicted massive human starvation by 1980. In the 70s, we were supposedly embarking on global cooling. Our seas were supposed to be lifeless by 1995. Chloroflorocarbons were supposed to destroy the ozone layer. They never explained how inert molecules eleven times heavier than air were supposed to float many kilometers up into the atmosphere and chemically react at sub-zero temperatures.

The "science" surrounding the controversy is specious. Many of the methods of measuring pre-modern climates are simply crude estimates from reading tree rings, corals and ice cores. A common feature of these non-instrumental reconstructions is that the 19th century appearws as the coldest period of the last 1,000 years. From a period of relative warmth around 1000 A.D., these records show an unsteady cooling to the 19th century and then the unsteady rise we are debating today. These trends have always existed and there isn't any evidence isn't conclusive that humans contribute to it.

With modern methods, we haven't been measuring the climate long enough to know anything about the trends in temperature. Furthermore, we have not been reading the temperatures globally for very long, and the main three measuring systems we use (satellite, ground temperatures and weather balloons) are not consistent with eachother. Most of our modern readings come from ground temperatures in cities. Asphalt and tarmac in the last 60 or 70 years is theorized to distort our current ground readings.

Answer 4

First, it's none of your business, but yes we do. What you see on the news is the liberal, Republican hating media. Naturally they would tell the world that we don't care about the environment. We're just more logical about it and listen to prominent scientists who know what they're talking about when they say that global warming as the liberals claim it is doesn't exist and that the Earth has always gone through cycles of very hot and very cool temperatures. Now, why don't you go back to fixing your own country?

Answer 5

What if it's true, that global warming is a hoax? That would make all your Republicans pretty smart!

Republicans do care about the environment, but basically don't believe it's a threatened as Democrats think. Matter of opinion.

Answer 6

Not all Republicans think global warming is a hoax.

Global warming has and will occur with or without human life on the planet, as does global cooling.

Answer 7

You don't see Republicans saying it is a hoax. You see Democrats accusing Republicans of saying it is a hoax. You need to understand this. While Dems traditionally are more involved in environmental issues, Reps do care about the environment. I do.

Answer 8

I am a republican.

I dont believe Global Warming, colding, cooling and heating but I do believe that we should shut off the water, turn off the lights when we are not using them and recycle - because we have only one earth to live.

Answer 9

well, i do believe global warming (somewhat). just not that nutball al gore...he escalated the problem just to make a few extra bucks from that movie and to scare everyone into believing him. it's mostly the democrats saying that the republicans think it's a hoax...i care about the environment, but i don't hug my tree everyday.

Answer 10

Conservative Republicans......God's Chosen People, care NOTHING for the planet that God gave them.

They'll end up burning the earth with their pollution and drilling, but only in the name of Christianity.


A real slap in Gods face if you ask me!
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