Al Gore sure got a lot of hoopla on Capitol Hill for his global warming testimony this week.
But Missouri's Kit Bond was ready and waiting with a counterpunch.
According to National Public Radio, Bond displayed a large photo of a child, and claimed that Gore's proposal will raise heating costs for millions of Americans.
From NPR:
Senator KIT BOND (Republican, Missouri): This girl is cold because her family cannot afford to pay their heating bills.
Reporter: And Bond said Gore’s proposal will make heat too expensive for many more Americans.
Sen. BOND: Will this little girl have to wear two coats inside? How many millions would suffer her fate of freezing through the winter?
Mr. GORE: We should make sure that there are no families in this country that go without heat if they need it. And I think that the government ought to assist them, absolutely.
Reporter: Gore admitted that slashing emissions of greenhouse gases could cause price hikes. But when pressed on costs, Gore played the optimist.
Mr. GORE: It’s going to save you money and it’s going to help make the economy stronger.
2 comments:
I took the time last week to watch these hearings. Senator Bond also cited Sun Spots as the cause of global warming.
Gore responded the scientific community agrees humans are the cause of global warming.
The only way mankind can irreparably damage the planet, is through widespread nuclear war.
But Gore said in his book "Earth in the Balance", that the internal-combustion engine was a *greater* threat than nuclear war.
Today, of course, a limousine takes Gore to a jet plane, which he uses to circle the globe telling us how evil it is to burn... gasoline and jet fuel.
What irony.
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