http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/09/us/politics/09obama.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=Obama+and+global+warming&st=nyt&oref=slogin
Senator Barack Obama from Illinois proposed a plan to fight global warming and to make the nation less dependent on foreign oil. To do this, he would make industries and power companies pay for their pollution. Obama said that if this plan worked, the pollution levels would reduce to the levels from the year 1990 by 2020. Under his plan, he would seek a better and safer environment.
He gave a speech in New Hampshire in which he “called for imposing a national cap on carbon emissions, investing $150 billion over 10 years to develop new energy sources and reducing dependence on foreign oil by 35 percent by 2030.” Obama would not let any businesses release any greenhouse gases in his plan. He states that the United States is too dependent on foreign oil. In Portsmouth, New Hampshire, Obama said that in order for businesses to stop polluting, the U.S. needs all pollution to have a price.
I feel that Obama has a well thought out and superior plan. His plan would benefit the environment enormously. It would allow the environment to have less carbon dioxide and other things that pollute which cause global warming. He would save future generations from living in a dangerous climate. Obama seems to care for everyone and wants a better environment for all.
I agree with his proposal to make industries and businesses pay for their pollution because it would significantly reduce the amount of pollution. Obama seems to have great ideas on limiting carbon emissions, investing money to make new energy sources, and reducing dependence on oil. However, his plan seems too exact to be achieved. For example, he plans on reducing the dependence on foreign oil by 35 percent by 2030. Reducing oil by exactly 35 percent seems unachievable. Overall, I think that Obama has good ideas in fighting global warming but needs to make his ideas more reasonable.
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