GOP Will Stop Climate Change Initiatives No Matte How Dire The Evidence.

[TheMastersNemesis]

The GOP is still viciously apposing climate change mitigation despite the growing evidence that we are in deep trouble. So how do we respond if we cannot dislocate them from positions of power. Even now it looks like they will remain in control in Congress.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

1. Easter Island.

The inhabitants there cut down all of the trees. Every single one. It was devasting. Makes you wonder what they were thinking.

[KT2000]

2. the military is preparing

for climate change and it effects. Here is the Navy's roadmap:
http://www.navy.mil/docs/USN_arctic_roadmap.pdf

The government and military are already preparing for climate change. They will have to deal with the outcome. Corporations are trying to cash in as fast as they can before acknowledging the truth. The job is not really convincing anyone of the truth but putting everyone on the same page without causing panic. Very few actually believe climate change is not real.

[romanic]

3. I just don't get it.

Why is climate change even a political issue? Because of Al Gore?

[duncang]

5. Campaign money

All about the money in pockets.

[jacksonian]

6. because you can't effect meaningful climate change without coordinated effort

and world wide coordinated effort is not how laissez-faire capitalism works.

Hence the "strategy" of kicking the can down the road. Never underestimate the power of denial.

[ohnoyoudidnt]

7. Ignorance.

Ignorance from those that side with the bought off climate change denying politicians and ignorance from those that refuse to act because they think there is nothing they can do to help it.

[duncang]

4. It's warped thinking

They see what science has done in the space race, nuclear field, computer technology, etc. But they stubbornly refuse to listen to climate science. They seem to be stuck in the dark ages. For so long it seemed like a favorite talking point was to put down college professors, etc. When science education is the future of America and the world.

[world wide wally]

8. Immediate profits outweigh long term profits for oil companies.

And they have LOTS of money to lobby.