Huckabee tells us God is green
Filed under: Biodiesel, Etc., Ethanol, Hydrogen, Coal to Liquid, Green Daily
Apparently, Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee hasn't met an energy source he doesn't like. According to a new article in Salon, Huckabee "praises just about every energy source you can think of -- nuclear, "clean coal," wind, solar, hydrogen, biomass, biodiesel, corn-based ethanol, cellulosic ethanol, oil from the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and other untapped domestic areas, and, yes, conservation too."That's a lot of praise from one man. But using all the energy sources in the world doesn't mean we should use them wantonly, Huckabee says. God, Huckabee claims, wants us to stop global warming. Salon's Amanda Griscom Little called up the former Arkansas governor for a little bit more information on why Christian conservatives should be on the lookout for ways to save energy. Huckabee said a lot of things that AutoblogGreen will be interested in, so I recommend reading the whole interview. I'll pull one quote to whet your appetite:
Not only as a Republican, but as a Christian it's important to me to say to my fellow believers, "Look, if anybody ought to be leading on this issue, it ought to be us." We can't justify destroying a planet that doesn't belong to us, and if we believe that God did create this world for our pleasure and wants us to enjoy it, then all the more reason that we should take care of it.
Right. To me, that means things like not drilling in ANWR. But, hey, the Bible can be read in a lot of different ways, right?
[Source: Salon / Amanda Griscom Little]
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
11-19-2007 @ 1:57PM
Ron said...
Uh... I don't remember anywhere that the bible states we shouldn't drill in ANWR, so I'm not sure where your last comment is going, Sebastian... However, just because one dude who professes to be a Christian and is running for office does not mean the dude speaks for all Christians.
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11-19-2007 @ 5:31PM
Chris said...
I am a Fundamental Independent Baptist and I read this blog nearly every day. Though I consider myself to be both socially and fiscally conservative, I too believe that the unnecessary expenditure of finite resources is an ungodly proposition. Mankind was given stewardship over God's creation - that stewardship is not a licence to consume it upon our own lusts.
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11-20-2007 @ 1:59AM
Der_Alte said...
Hasn't America learned its lesson yet about politicians who say that God tells them to do this or that? I'd say God screwed up royally supporting a war on Iraq (why is it that God ends up supporting so many wars anyways?). Perhaps politicians should best keep God in the church and leave him or her out of state matters as the founding American fathers intended.
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11-20-2007 @ 7:59AM
Owain Ozymandias Buck said...
The founding fathers never intended to leave the concept of God out of affairs, public or private. A lot of them did, however, have a vague universal concept of God--a God that really doesn't have a hand in running things. These aren't my beliefs, I'm just saying what I know about Deism, Jefferson, etc.
I don't care if someone says the FSM told them to be good stewards of the Earth--if they have a good sense of what resource management means, then more power to 'em. a good thing is a good thing, no matter the way you got there.
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11-20-2007 @ 9:07AM
gsolman6 said...
Sorry I don't trust any Republicans when it comes to the environment especially since they have espoused a society and economy based on overconsumption. Don't worry there are still a lot of James Watts (“We don't have to protect the environment, the Second Coming is at hand”.) in the party.
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12-21-2007 @ 7:05AM
energy said...
It is an important step that Republican authorities nowadays show a green heart.
It is paramount for the well-being of this planet that the US 'goes green'. Global warming issues simply cannot be solved without the US being strongly involved.
The US government should give an example by starting a government-run website dedicated to renewable energy, like the EU has done: http://www.energy.eu
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