If the human emissions of greenhouse gases is the cause of the problem, the solution obviously involves humans stopping emitting greenhouse gases, and that would involve the rapid development of alternative sources of energy that don't emit greenhouse gases. On Tuesday, the Obama Administration announced plans to do exactly that:



Today, as a part of his We Can’t Wait initiative, President Obama announced that seven nationally and regionally significant solar and wind energy projects will be expedited, including projects in Arizona, California, Nevada, and Wyoming. Together, these job-creating infrastructure projects would produce nearly 5,000 megawatts (MW) of clean energy – enough to power approximately 1.5 million homes, and support the President’s all-of-the-above strategy to expand American made energy. As a part of a Presidential Executive Order issued in March of this year, the Office of Management and Budget is charged with overseeing a government-wide effort to make the permitting and review process for infrastructure projects more efficient and effective, saving time while driving better outcomes for the environment and local communities. Additional expedited infrastructure projects will be announced in the coming weeks.

And almost as important as the specifics of the plan is the title of the initiative, because the reality is that we can't wait . But not only does Mitt Romney not accept the reality, much less the urgency of doing something about, climate change, on alternative energy he continues to do what he always does: flip lie . On this issue, as on so many issues, Romney displays neither understanding nor principle, and only fumbles around looking for a position that is politically expedient. To Romney, other than making himself wealthier , political policies just don't matter. Even policies that address a crisis that could not matter more.

As Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid this week explained:



The seriousness of this problem is not lost on your average American. A large majority of people finally believe climate change is real, and that it is the cause of extreme weather. Yet despite having overwhelming evidence and public opinion on our side, deniers still exist, fueled and funded by dirty energy profits. These people aren't just on the other side of this debate. They're on the other side of reality. It's time for us all – whether we're leaders in Washington, members of the media, scientists, academics, environmentalists or utility industry executives – to stop acting like those who ignore the crisis or deny it exists entirely have a valid point of view. They don't. Virtually every respected, independent scientist in the world agrees the problem is real, and the time to act is now. Not tomorrow. Not a week from now. Not next month or next year. We must act today.

I mean, it makes us — we look like a joke, right? You can’t win the nomination of one of the major parties in the country if you admit that the scientists are right? That disqualifies you from doing it?

The time for debate about the reality of human-caused climate change has now passed. We can have a good faith debate about how to deal with the problem – how to reduce future climate change and adapt to what is already upon us to reduce the risks that climate change poses to society. But we can no longer simply bury our heads in the sand.

And President Obama and the Democrats intend to act today. For the future. For all of us. Mitt Romney and the Republicans not only don't intend to act, they don't even accept the scientific reality. It is almost incomprehensible. As former President Bill Clinton said last year:Which is why we the voters must disqualify that major party from having any political responsibility or power. Because on this as on so many issues, the Republicans are almost incomprehensibly irresponsible in the exercise of political power. As the much maligned and repeatedly vindicated Michael Mann wrote on Monday, in response to the new report by Hansen:But for some inexplicable combination of reasons, Romney and the Republicans want us to bury our heads in the sand. But thinking people ought to be able to understand that facing an unprecedented global crisis by burying our heads in the sand will lead to the most severe consequences