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It’s All Political? Why?

-- Pete -- 10/08/2008

I know why global warming started as a political issue but I don’t know why it should remain that way. Sure, to most of us the original messenger was a certain former Vice- President known for starring in a certain movie and getting a few awards for his work but come on, this is the planet, the only planet we have to leave to our children. It is not about us and our political views; it’s about solving a crisis for those we love the most.

If you are reading this, chances are you are one of the ones not hung up on the political aspects of climate change. If this is true, what is our responsibility? If we are committed to solving this crisis we have to try to see the world through someone else’s eyes and bring those doubters along. You are armed with sound, accepted, peer reviewed science. You are up against a lot of bias and misinformation. We have to use these tools and not disparage someone’s politics if we hope to succeed.    

Do we need to fight? I believe we do but we can’t ignore half the country and expect to get where we want to go. The fact is that this challenge is bigger than any one political party and elected officials from both parties need to lead and we are seeing that happen. We need good ideas from across the political spectrum. In order to get the broad support that is needed, we need to move away from politics and towards solutions.

I know, easier said than done but we need to try and it is certainly worth the try.   

Onward and upward……