What to ask a major politician about Global Warming?

Question

If you had the chance to speak to a major politician about Global Warming and Climate Change, what would you ask them?

Please write a few questions:

If you had the chance to speak to a major politician about Global Warming and Climate Change, what would you ask them?

Please write a few DETAILED questions:

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Answer 1

I love this question. By the time you get to ask a politician a question it's been so carefully scripted and choreographed that you might as well be asking what colour underwear they've got on. On thing politicians hate is to be asked questions on the spur of the moment, they like to be prepared and have their answers written for them by spin doctors.

Because of my job I've been in discussion with various politicians regarding global warming and it invariably ends up with me banging my head on the table or trying to strangle the politicians. OK, maybe not quite but that's what I often feel like.

Some questions I would like to ask but would probably never get the opportunity...

● Why do you think the electorate are so stupid and need to be spoon fed diluted facts about climate change?

● Why do you insist on distorting what the experts are telling you, why can't you just let the public see for themselves what the scentists are saying?

● Given the history of taxing commodities and the fact that consumption of these compodities rarely decreases, do you really thing the imposition of so called carbon taxes is going to have a significant impact?

● Given that the electorate are not totally stupid, do you not feel that a policy of education would be more beneficial than a policy of legislation?

● I assume you wouldn't take kindly to having a bunch of scientists interfering with your job, similarly scientists do not take kindly to politicians interfering with their work. When are you going to let the scientists get on with what they need to do without the constant interference?

● Do you consider it hypocritical that scientists spent decades warming politicians of the consequences of global warming only to be ignored, yet now, the very people that were ignored are the ones you're turning to for help?

● (For UK politicians). The Government are committed to a 60% reduction in carbon emissions by the year 2050 and yet you consider carbon trading to be a means of reducing carbon emissions. Your own White Paper states that if targets aren't met the country will simply buy carbon credits from other countries. Isn't this just a 'get out of jail free' card?

● (For most politicians). When will you resign and let a competent person take over your job?

Answer 2

Yes it has become a religion and Al Gore is the pope of the cult.Think of how much money certain groups will make off of the hype.Think of all that government money going to "research".Besides there is only so much you can do ,after all whoever controls the weather controls the world.Fear is the best political motivator. Climate change is part of the nature of the planet.Common sense is to have clean energy but until there is a buck in it all that happens is talk,talk and more talk.Government regulations,fines and penalties(gotta get that bailout money somewhere) We certainly need clean air and water .I am the original recycler and I don't waste energy just like many other people.I use energy and don't go for the "guilt" trip of doing so. I have a problem with Gore the guru who flies around a fuel guzzling jet.So does Queen Pelosi who opted for a bigger one to fly back and forth to California.Remember her saying she wants to save the planet,yeah she flies we walk.We can all start by using the new energy saving light bulbs. Oh I forgot they are the ones with mercury in them.Oh,well seems like a good idea at the time. I guess you all heard that some genius politician wanted to tax cow farmers for any that own more than 100 for emitting "methane gas" yeah it's true.Can we bottle it instead?Or on second thought send some from the bull to that politician as he knows the B.S. when he sees or smells it.

Answer 3

To Clarify,
1) I believe in global climate change and I believe we are entering a warm period. Just like the one that made the Vikings the most feared raiders and respected traders of their time.

2) I am a middle aged American male with a blue collar job, but there is a library in my town and I use it.

I would ask this:
"As a steward of the public trust, is it wise to risk crippling the most powerful economy in the world with an attempt to fix a problem, the cause of which, at it's core, has yet to really be proved in the scientific community as more than a natural, cyclical process?"

Answer 4

I would ask them why all of the Global warming experts quoted in elected officials publications, actually dispute what they are quoted as saying and writing. In other words, the politicians have changed the words, the conclusions, and the text, of all of the sources they quote and the results are not the same. Why is this? Do you really lie for a living?

Answer 5

Why do you think that some people have such a hard time accepting the scientific data that says global warming is mostly caused by us?

Do you expect that the government will take action sufficient to prevent a disaster from happening due to global warming?

Answer 6

My question would be simple, and two fold.

Given that you think the government should "do something" about global warming,

1. what will your proposals cost?
2. Where do you plan on getting the money?

Answer 7

1) Do you acknowledge that global warming is happening?

If they say no, smack them on the head.

2) Do you acknowledge that humans are primarily responsible for this warming?

If they say no, ask them why they don't trust the IPCC report.

3) What do you plan to do to reduce the USA's and the world's greenhouse gas emissions?

4) How much will your plan reduce emissions by the years 2030 and 2050?

Answer 8

Why is the USA still dragging it's feet while the rest of the world looks to us for leadership? Aren't we past the point where this can be tolerated in our leaders? What office seeker has the courage to oppose the policies of the current administration? Isn't it more of a matter of the government getting out of the way and stopping their obstructive behavior, than it is of each candidate producing a policy of their own?

Answer 9

That would really depend on the politician.

I would really love to ask the Al Gore types what caused the little ice age and medieval warm period. Or why most of the US isn't covered in glaciers.

I would love ask them why they choose to ignore all objective science, instead only using bits and pieces cherry picked to show the results they want.

Answer 10

what solutions they can come up with to stop Global Warming.