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Florida Going Green?

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Real Estate Agent with Future Home Realty

Recently, our new Governor, Charlie Crist announced that Florida will be going green. He stated that although there are many that do not believe that global warming is real, he knows that it is.

Governor Crist also states that he knows many in his party will not be happy that he is signing executive orders requiring power plants to cut emissions to 2000 levels, reduced auto emissions, use of solar panels, and other proposals. Many came out against these proposals, while others applauded what he is trying to do. Environmentalists were thrilled also, until Governor Crist proposed more use of nuclear power plants.

Governor Arnold Schwarzeneger even appeared with Governor Crist.

As a Realtor, one of our main responsibilities is to negotiate the best deal for our clients. Part of negotiating is to always handle the negotiations so the other side feels they are getting a good deal. One thing we do not want to do is to create animosity.

With global warming I always wonder why our govenrment officials (state and federal) take such a hard line. They either aggresively take on the position that global warming exists or on the side that we do not have anything to worry about. Therefore, our public officials make one group happy and one angry.

I believe they could get much more support if they never used the words global warming when they take a legislative position. Instead if Governor Crist said since this is the sunshine state we should harness the power of the sun, and therefore we should promote solar energy, I think it would be hard to find anyone who would disagree.

The same is true of green building, or cleaner running vehicles. To cut pollution, or to save energy, people generally agree with that. But once the words global warming comes out that seems to change the entire tone of the conversation and cause argument.

What do you think?

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