Not sure how many of you saw Eric Schultz's email with this link which does a side by side comparison of Obama and Romney's perspectives on scientific issues of the day:
http://www.sciencedebate.org/debate12/
I found Romney's response to climate change particularly interesting:
"I am not a scientist myself, but my best assessment of the data is that the world is getting warmer, that human activity contributes to that warming, and that policymakers should therefore consider the risk of negative consequences. However, there remains a lack of scientific consensus on the issue — on the extent of the warming, the extent of the human contribution, and the severity of the risk — and I believe we must support continued debate and investigation within the scientific community."
Going back to our class last fall, I find this perpetuated idea that there is a "lack of scientific consensus" so frustrating.
Romney also said:
"So I oppose steps like a carbon tax or a cap-and-trade system that would handicap the American economy and drive manufacturing jobs away, all without actually addressing the underlying problem. Economic growth and technological innovation, not economy-suppressing regulation, is the key to environmental protection in the long run."
It is still unclear to me how developing and building infrastructure based on increasing our capacity for green, low GHG emission energy sources would drive manufacturing jobs away...
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