In the New York Times today, there was an article about how Obama came up with a plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to levels it had been in 1990. He wants businesses to pay for greenhouse gases they emit by buying allowances to pollute. If he is elected, by 2050, he wants to reduce emissions to 80 percent below the levels of 1990. However, this has come after criticism of him supporting Bush's bill energy bill in 2005 and advocating Illinois' coal industry. If elected, do you think Obama would really strive to acheive this goal, or is it another empty promise aimed to gather support of voters?
2007-10-09 12:25:46 · 3 answers · asked by fishsteak 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
He might... who knows...
He may have been taking what they could get atm...
2007-10-16 16:29:52 · answer #1 · answered by BeachBum 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Ok, first of all, if elected, how can he control what happens for the next 42 years? Second of all, almost everything has to go through congress. Most presidential campaigns are ideals, but little reality. I would say that the only thing the president really has control over would be the military. I think that Obama is trying to muster up support from social liberals and relying more on emotion instead of logistics.
Side note: read this article and figure out for yourself if we could really achieve a greenhouse gas emission level of 20% of almost 2 decades ago... (its kind of a joke, but its true)
http://www.signs-of-the-times.org/articles/show/138728-Belching+moose+emit+greenhouse+gases
2007-10-10 23:47:57 · answer #2 · answered by Jen 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is probably just an empty promise. The only way to keep a politician accountable is to vote them out of office, if they did not do what they promised to do.
2007-10-11 10:25:21 · answer #3 · answered by gerafalop 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋