2018 RI Senate race: on Energy & Oil


Bobby Nardolillo: Understanding Gap: do no economic harm without certainty

The facts of global temperatures and amounts of CO2 dissolved in sea water are measurements that have been accurately recorded. What is not understood is the relative impact of human activity on climate modification as a percentage of the whole. Do biologic or geologic factors have a greater or lesser impact than industry?

The Understanding Gap that exists today is the weak link in any proposal that's made to benefit our global environment. That's why so many of the proposals which have been floated to date have carried such huge human costs. So that Understanding Gap is also the reason so few environmental initiatives have been undertaken to date. We can't afford to economically harm so many people in the absence of more certain understanding that such disruption is actually necessary.

If I am elected to the US Senate I hope to support the advanced research which will clarify the real parameters of climate change, making future decisions obvious.

Source: 2018 Rhode Island Senate campaign website bobby4senate.com Feb 3, 2018

Bobby Nardolillo: Further research needed on climate change

What is not understood is the relative impact of human activity on climate modification as a percentage of the whole. Do biologic or geologic factors have a greater or lesser impact than industry? This is an area where science is still being developed. That's why so many of the proposals have carried such huge human costs. We can't afford to economically harm so many people in the absence of more certain understanding that such disruption is actually necessary.
Source: 2018 Rhode Island Senatorial website Bobby4Senate.com Oct 1, 2017

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