CLIMATE DODGE BALL

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American Spectator:

Democrat Charlie Crist wants to be governor of Florida. He says global warming/climate change is one of the most important issues facing the state and the nation. He promises drastic action to cut greenhouse gas emissions if he is elected in November. He’s wrong about this. The actions he wishes to take would be disastrous for the Florida economy and would do nothing to improve Florida’s environment.

 

Republican Rick Scott, who is Florida’s governor and would like to be re-elected to this post in November, just wishes the issue would go away. He inartfully ducks questions on the issue, often using the pathetic dodge that he “is not a scientist,” and therefore can’t be expected to have a view on whether the Earth is warming and that terrible things will follow if we don’t ensure that the planet stays at a more seemly temperature.

 

Scott met Tuesday with five Florida university scientists who came to Tallahassee to proselytize him for the First Church of Climate Hysteria. After the meeting Scott was mum. During a Wednesday morning presentation at the Brandon (suburb of Tampa) Chamber of Commerce, where Scott bragged on $10.4 billion his administration will be “investing” (there’s that word again) in infrastructure, reporters asked him if he thought human activity was causing the planet to heat up. He flat wouldn’t take it on. Here’s one of his wimpy answers:

 

 

“I’m not an expert of this, so I’m not qualified from a causation side. I’m a business guy. I’m a solutions person. So my focus is — we know there’s issues out there — sea level rise — so let’s focus on how to solve it. That’s why we’ve put record funding in both for beach renourishment — increased it by 45 percent — also on flood mitigation — also on protecting our reefs — also protecting our springs…”