Is Arnold Schwarzenegger the ‘best hope of man on Earth’?
Californian Governer, Arnold Schwarzenegger has delivered a terriffic speech at Georgetown University as part of the Georgetown University Environmental Conference.
I believe the environmental movement is in the midst of redefining itself as something more modern, more confident, and more positive. As governor, I talk to scientists in our universities, I talk to CEOs that run major corporations. And let me tell you, those are not wacky people. Mainstream scientists are convinced, mainstream CEOs are convinced, and if you look at the surveys, mainstream Americans are convinced that global warming and climate change is real and we have to do something about it. So who are the fanatics now? Who are the fanatics? They are the ones who are in denial. They’re in environmental denial, they’re in economic denial, and they are in political denial. Who are the fanatics when DuPont has hired the former head of Greenpeace International? Who are the fanatics when major companies are now demanding that the federal government once and for all passes new laws to set standards for greenhouse gas emissions? Major companies like DuPont, GE, Wal-Mart, BP and PG&E believe that the climate change is real. That is the mainstream speaking, that is the establishment speaking.
I urge you to check out the whole speech (site has video) - it’s just brilliant. There is no other politician on Earth like Governer Schwarzenegger, and love him, or loath him, he’s a force too powerful to ignore.
So finally, let me just say something about politics. Politics plays a big part in the tipping point here. If you are against taking action on greenhouse gases and common emissions your political base will melt away as surely as the polar icecaps, I can guarantee you that. You will become a political penguin on a smaller and smaller ice floe that is drifting out to sea. Good-bye, my little friend. That’s what is going to happen.
Political penguins! John Howard, George Bush, the Governator has put you on notice. I am so glad he’s on our side. — DS
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