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Romney confronted in Ohio, "Do you still think the rising of the seas is funny?"

Published on Nov 2, 2012 by PolluterWatch

At a campaign event today in Etna, Ohio, Governor Romney was asked, "Do you still think the rising of the seas is funny?" Romney responded, "I never imagined such a thing is funny," despite using rising sea levels as a punchline in his speech to the Republican National Convention.

Transcript:

Woman: "Do you still think the rising of the seas is funny?"

Romney: "I never imagined such a thing is funny."

Man: "Is climate change still a joke to you?"

Romney: "As a matter of fact, if you'd like to - I know you're filming - if you'd like to see my view on global warming, I wrote a book, and there's a chapter on global warming and you'll see what I think we can do to deal with it."

Man: "What are you going to do to address global warming?"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6jX796xAbbk


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Mitt Romney Pressed On Climate Change: 'Do You Still Think The Rising Of The Seas Is Funny?'

11/03/2012

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As for the book referenced by Romney, the presidential candidate was presumably referring to No Apology, which was released in 2010. In the book, he writes [ http://books.google.com/books?id=PDpBpo5CVB4C&pg=PA227&lpg=PA227&dq=%22Human+Activity+Is+A+Contributing+Factor%22+%2B+%22romney%22+%2B+%22no+apology%22&source=bl&ots=wGu3SP4vaf&sig=X3kAUIdmXa2OomleqEY3NbIgT-Y&hl=en&sa=X&ei=aYmUULbELKbR2QWhpoCgAw&ved=0CDAQ6AEwATgK#v=onepage&q=%22Human%20Activity%20Is%20A%20Contributing%20Factor%22%20%20%20%22romney%22%20%20%20%22no%20apology%22&f=false ]:

It's impossible not to take a look at our current energy policies without considering the question of climate change. I believe that climate change is occurring -- the reduction in the size of global ice caps is hard to ignore. I also believe that human activity is a contributing factor.

I am uncertain how much of the warming, however, is attributable to man and how much is attributable to factors out of our control. I do not support radical feel-good policies like a unilateral U.S. cap-and-trade mandate. Such policies would have little effect on the climate but could cripple economic growth with devastating results for people across the planet...

In 2011 when Romney was asked to define his position on man-made global warming, he said at the time, "My view is that we don’t know what’s causing climate change on this planet."

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/02/mitt-romney-climate-change_n_2068608.html [referring to the video above (embedded), and comments]