Arnold Schwarzenegger On Good Morning America (VIDEO)

"It is nonsense to say we must talk about the economy first." These were the words of Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger talking today on Good Morning America. The California Governor said he believes talks at Copenhagen should focus more on what scientists, individuals, and universities can do to combat climate change, and less on a large pan-government agreement. He also said that people were wrong to consider economic recovery and the fight of global warming as competing interests. Schwarzenegger cited his State's growth in the green sector as a way of both combating climate change and creating jobs.

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[ghee99]

03:38 AM on 12/17/2009

i used to like ah-nold

but these days all i can say

is whats the matter ah-nold,
wasn't ruining california's economy enough...

now you have to try to ruin the economy of the entire US too?

[JoeTheProgrammer]

09:25 AM on 12/17/2009

Who takes this clown seriously? Oh, I forgot. Most of these folks believe in AGW fairy tales. Believing Arnold (with all of his California failures) is par for the course.

[T Specter]

11:12 AM on 12/16/2009

Give 'em he//, Arnold!

[Richard2]

08:08 PM on 12/15/2009

Why isn't there one newscaster in the world who can ask California's Governor why the sea level measurements in San Francisco Bay have been going down since 1998? How does he explain that?

His agencies keep predicting extraordinary sea level increases, to frighten the public, but the Pacific Ocean won't cooperate.

[beyobi]

11:34 PM on 12/17/2009

Tell that to the people of Vanuatu, Kiribati, the Marshall Islands, and Tuvalu. You really should read more.

[PresidentRobertBooth]

02:19 PM on 12/15/2009

***There is NO EXCUSE FOR BUILDING REMOTE WIND AND SOLAR when we have all the baking, sprawling rooftops needed to supply 100% of CA's peak load and over 50% of our total energy just from existing rooftops***


That's what I don't understand. Why hasn't every rooftop, wall and every practical surface in California got a solar panel on it?

[ghee99]

03:39 AM on 12/17/2009

lets start with algores bald spot

[sheila]

01:35 PM on 12/15/2009

Well, if you actually did it RIGHT, we could have improved property values, passive income streams to many homes and businesses, a huge uptick in employment, AND reduced GHGs, all without destroying millions of acres of our wilderness and depleting our scarce water supplies.

Unfortunately for your buddies at Chevron, that would mean that WE would own the power generation on our own rooftops and Chevron would not get to profiteer on our public land with our tax and ratepayer dollars, destabilizing and recentralizing our grid at a time when DECENTRALIZATION is not only smarter, cheaper, faster and more democratic, but it is also much more reliable and secure.

There is NO EXCUSE FOR BUILDING REMOTE WIND AND SOLAR when we have all the baking, sprawling rooftops needed to supply 100% of CA's peak load and over 50% of our total energy just from existing rooftops. Add in vertical faces of structures, parking lot and in-city brownfield systems, as well as efficiency and conservation upgrades - and INVOLVE THE PEOPLE BY LETTING US OWN THE GENERATION - and we will be GREEN within 5 years.

Keep trying to hand over our money, water, land, homes, and power to Goldman Sachs, Shell, Chevron, BP and friends for their Big Solar Boondoggles and all we will get is increased global warming, increased taxes, increased energy bills and less water and open space - NO THANKS!!

[ghee99]

03:41 AM on 12/17/2009

um,

and what is stopping you from putting solar panels on YOUR roof?

or do you need a govt subsidy to do anything?

i just don't understand this kind of argument

blaming the oil companies?

hey, i do like the oil companies either,
but there is NOTHING stopping you from putting all the solar panels you want on your roof

everyone is such a baby these days,

they need the govt to do everything FOR them

whatever happened to good ole american know-how?

[mamacat]

12:21 PM on 12/15/2009

While I agree with the good Gov. that fixing the economy and developing alternative energy sources go hand-in-hand, I disagree with that a pan-government agreement is not an important goal.

Governments can effect change much more quickly than can individual universities, scientists, and people. While there is and always will be much more work to be done at the university level and by scientists, we have more than enough of a scientific database to start taking action, both for health and economic reasons.