[GPSCC-chat] Plenary

[Wes Rolley]

Edward wrote:
> Most people forget (or worse, don't even know) that CO2 is only 
> responsible for half our GHG emissions. Methane and aerosols account 
> for the other half.
>
> In the event that we are already past the tipping point as the recent 
> UA Fairbanks study may suggest, what does our platform say about 
> minimizing the harm of climate destabilization?
>
Good question, Edward.

Reading the GPCA platform makes it sound more like CFC's and ozone 
depletion is equally important.  However, it does call for the 
following... (excerpted).

    * The U.S. legislating reduction of its carbon dioxide emissions to
      1990 levels by the year 2005.
    * Cooperating with the rest of the world in reducing the use of
      fossil fuels by large scale conservation, and by converting to
      safe, renewable energy sources.
    * Implementing the provisions of the United Nations Conference on
      Environment and Development (UNCED). The U.S. should work on other
      international agreements to reduce carbon dioxide emissions.
    * Halting deforestation. Global warming is aggravated by
      deforestation since plant life, primarily forests, breaks up CO2
      through photosynthesis. We must undertake domestic and
      international reforestation programs to help preserve the atmosphere.
    * Establishing an environmental trust fund with money raised from
      pollution fees and other public revenues. The fund should be
      administered by an appropriate governmental agency and used to
      assist programs such as reforestation, conversion to non-polluting
      energy sources, and development of substitutes for
      ozone-destroying substances.

This section of the platform apperas to be almost quaint in it's 
perspective and needs updates... e.g. 2005 date referred to in the 1st 
item has long passed.   Unfortunately, the ecological thread in Green 
Party thinking has been unraveling for a long time.

-- 
"Anytime you have an opportunity to make things better
 and you don't,
 then you are wasting your time on this Earth" Roberto Clemente

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