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Saints and Sinners: Rick Santorum on Climate Change

nikosnature:

“We were put on this Earth as creatures of God to have dominion over the Earth, to use it wisely and steward it wisely, but for our benefit not for the Earth’s benefit,” Santorum told a Colorado crowd earlier this month.

He went on to call climate change “an absolute travesty of scientific…

Well, in a sense he’s right, he’s just not applying his findings well.  God gave us the planet to steward wisely for our benefit, not the benefit of the Earth.  But our benefit includes the benefit of the earth.  Healthy humans require a healthy earth, and that healthy earth is reached by proper environmental policies, those same policies that he rejects.

Considering that the science cannot explain the history of fluctuating temperatures, the measures proposed are too draconian.  The financial impact of Cap and Trade would cripple what is left of American industry, hurting the employees in the factories the most.  

Yes we need stewardship, not a tighter squeeze by the heavy hand of government.