It is critically important that the GOP maintain its stance on the sanctity of life vis a vis the platform regarding abortion. It is hoped that progress in the fight to stop the destruction of future generations by the killing of unborn children will continue under the next administration. I believe that most people that seriously think about the issue agree with the view that life begins long before birth.
The platform concerning Climate Change is another issue altogether. The U.S. has one of the best records in the world of addressing issues affecting our environment. A healthy environment is achievable without sacrificing our economy or our standard of living.
The biggest threats to the global environment are in state-controlled countries and in extremely poor countries. In state controlled economies, where there are virtually no individual property rights, there are no personal incentives for taking care of the environment. There is instead, the natural human tendency to do the least possible for the meager living that is allowed by the state. Personal property rights on the other hand, give the owner of those rights incentive to protect that property. If he wants his land to be productive he is not going to destroy it by piling toxic chemicals on it (subject of course to education on the negative impact of those chemicals).
In poor countries, the issue is that the people are just focused on survival. How can they devote resources to "saving the planet" when they just want to know from where their next meal is coming.
If we really want to fight "climate change" we need to focus on raising the living standard of the world to ours. This involves better forms of government and abundant energy resources.
Have you ever noticed that the highest birth rates are in the poorest countries? Lower birth rates are closely correlated to economic well-being and education. That's where we need to focus our efforts and our money -- better governments around the world, abundant energy for developing economies and a general improvement of the economic well-being of the people of this world. When those things happen, "climate change" will be mitigated by the very people that today are contributing the most dangerous pollutants to our atmosphere, water and land resources.
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