An issue of values...

As global warming starts to impact ocean levels, ice packs and global weather patterns... and portions of Africa, Asia the Middle-East and other impoverished regions face flooding, disease, drought and crop failures, it becomes more and more apparent that developed nations, particularly the United States, must rapidly enact legislation to fight emissions and robustly fund programs to develop alternative energy technologies. The U.S., the #1 emitter of green house gases, must move proactively to take the lead on the global warming issue. Stop denying the science just because the economic challenges are extreme. The other major source of greenhouse gases, China, will only react to the global warming issue when it begins to directly impact their population and people start dying, conversely, the United States, with a supposed ideological edge over our communist competitors, should stop dodging the issue and take the ethical high ground. It's the right thing to do.
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