Rudy Giuliani and John McCain both agreed setting mandatory caps on greenhouse gas emissions would have a stifling effect on the economy. While McCain suggested a “cap and trade” system that wouldn’t necessarily decrease CO2 emissions, both candidates pledged to expand the use of nuclear energy at Thursday night’s Republican debate.
Giuliani: “We haven’t licensed a nuclear power plant in 30 years. France is 80 percent nuclear; we’re 20 percent nuclear; we’re going down to 15 percent nuclear. We have to crack through there.”
McCain: “I am confident American technology and the embrace of green technologies, many of the things that Rudy just talked about, and nuclear power being one of them, we can reduce these greenhouse gas emissions.”
Giuliani said he also supports clean coal technology such as carbon sequestration, as well as a cocktail of other alternative energy technologies like wind, hydro, biofuels, and hybrid vehicles. McCain emphasized the importance of making global energy agreements with rapidly developing countries like China and India. Read why the group Climate Progress calls McCain’s promises “double-talk.”
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