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Credonia Makes A Very Important Announcement

Credonia
02-06-2004, 21:40
OOC See this thread first: http://www.nationstates.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=149760

President Sutton stands in the Presidential Palace Press Room, looking out into the audience of reporters from the media and press corps, before taking a sip of water from a glass placed beside him, and clearing his throat. He pauses a minute and then begins to speak in his loud powerful voice.

"Following the bombing of a Credonian oil refinery today, I have since conviened with my Chief Scientific Advisor and a panel of environmental scientists and anlyzers to come up with a set of new policies governing pollution control and the use of Earth's fossil fuels, such as coal and oil. Demands placed on Credonia by the EcoWarrior organization did not force us to engage in a program to preserve our earth as we already planned to undertake such an endeavour when our new military doctrine and foreign policies were announced to the world three weeks prior. Instead, the demands placed upon us by this group has prompted me to make this issue one of our top priorities, as I do believe that something must be done to prevent any further damage to our environment. The emission of such gases as carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, and other trace gases serverly damages the ozone layer as well as the ecological cycle. A buildup of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere will lead to a runaway greenhouse effect. A perfect example of this in action is very clear and evident if you look at the planet Venus. Venus is and will forever remain the planet with the hottest surface temperature in the solar system, mainly because the clouds prevent sunlight from escaping. Scientifically, sunlight is visible light (which we can see) and infrared light (heat), which we cannot see. The clouds act as a barrier that allows these two sources of light penetrate the cloud layer, but does not let the light out, thus causing surface temperatures to rise.

A more immediate threat of the burning of fossil fuels is global warming, which can and is producing catastrophic damage because it is triggering a climate change. Global warming also melts the polar ice caps which could and will cause flooding world wide. THis, in turn, will cause worldwide hunger and famine as crops are washed out. The weather will become increasingly worse. A sign that they are becoming worse can be seen as we examine the strength of typhoons, monsoons, tornado's, and hurricanes. Each year, they increase in strength, a sign that conditions are becoming worse year by year. Also, weather trends indicate that temperatures are becoming more and more severe. As the years progress, the weather and accompanying storms will continue to become worse until they obtain the capacity to become so destructive, that it is hard for humans and animals to be sustained on earth.

To combat these effects, I have come up with a set of policies tha will help slow global warming, allow the full level of ozone gases to replinish themselves, adn will encourage other nations to take similar steps to create a greener earth. I will be pushing legislation through Congress to ban the sale of cars that use old combustion engines. They will have to come up with another type of engine that offers as much efficiency as the internal combustion engine, but with less or no harmful gas emissions. I will push for legislation riding Credonia of oil refineries within the next 25 years. In addition, i will be setting aside money to research and create alternative energy systems that are clean, efficient, and have no harmful waste products (with the exception of nuclear power). I will also be organizing a summit between international leaders to try to get nations to take some of the actions that Credonia is and to discuss problems and solutions that affect our environment directly.

In conclusion, it is my intention to make Credonia a leader in the research and development of clearner energy systems, a major producer of cleaner more efficient and environment friendly cars and trucks all for the purpose of a cleaner Earth, our home, and our only means of survival. We must take care of her, and so long as I am President of this great nation, I will do all I can to lead efforts towards purifying our home so that our chiuldren, and their children, and their childrens children may live on this earth without having to worry about the environment and the problems that we will soon be faced with if we do not act now. Thank you"