Regardless of who becomes America's next President, it is extremely likely that the next four years will mark a dramatic change in America's federal government policies toward climate change and energy. Both Barack Obama and John McCain have signaled a clear willingness to take much more aggressive steps against global warming than have been contemplated by the Bush Administration. The decisions that are made over the next few years are likely to influence America's climate and energy policies for years to come.
Now that opportunity for change has come, what should the next presidential administration do? In the Heinz Talks! Events on October 20, the other panelists and I will discuss the range of options facing our nation's leaders. We also look forward to answering your questions, as time allows.
We invite you to submit questions that we can address during our panel discussion on October 20. Event staff will monitor this website and collect from it questions that will be presented to the panelists in advance of the October 20 event. Your comments and questions can help shape the direction of our discussion on Carnegie Mellon's campus in three weeks' time.
Lee Branstetter
Associate Professor of Economics and Public Policy
H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management
Monday, September 29, 2008
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It is my honest opinion we should do nothing. It has not been proven beyond a doubt that global warming is causes primarily do to man's emissions of CO2. It may well be other factors, natural and man-made. Have we explored alternate hypothesis enough to account for this phenomena. Methane is one factor that comes to mind. How about the introduction of earth worms to North America and the effect of non-sequestration of our ancient forests which are now mostly missing here now...?
Secondly, what if the cost to affect change is too much for our already struggling economy. And what about China, India and other countries, why are they conveniently left off of the list of countries that must affect change..?
Doug Bauman
CMU EE 80
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