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McCain Discusses Global Warming at NH Town Hall Meeting
-- Mike -- 07/26/2007
John McCain discussed global warming at a town hall meeting in Keene, N.H., yesterday. The Brattleboro Reformer reports:
"[McCain] said that while he did not address the issue in his 2000 campaign, he is now a believer in global warming and would work to cut greenhouse gas emissions 'I am convinced. There is not a doubt in my mind that climate change is real,' he said.
Nuclear power must be part of the equation though, as it has been for France, where 80 percent of the country's electricity is derived from nuclear, he argued. The American military has powered its submarine fleet for more than 50 years with nuclear power without any serious accidents, he said.
'Nuclear power has got to be a part of any real, meaningful effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions,' he said.
Fuel efficiency standards must also be increased, he said, but not at the expense of the automobile industry. With 'the big three' American car manufacturers already 'on the brink,' any change must avoid making a bad problem worse, he said.
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