Wednesday, 10 September 2008

The calm before the election...

...precedes turmoil after it. In NZ, John Key is coy about his attitude to the economic costs of decreasing our "carbon footprint". In the USA, John McCain is an orthodox global warming believer...for now. After the elections, will Key and McCain be quite as Kyoto compliant?

The attitude of the developed world (and I have to include NZ here)to nuclear energy is the key to decoding the signals from leaders in waiting. Our anti-nuclear hysteria is on the wane at last, and some rational debate may follow our November elections. In the USA I wonder whether Al Gore's visions will drive policy, or will economic and environmental common sense take over. Check this out from Reason...

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