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We the Climate Ostriches?

Are we Americans ostriches?   Why in these presidential debates nothing has been said about the climate change.   How many of us truly realize that the overwhelming scientific consensus that the burning of fossil fuels is trapping heat in the atmosphere, with potentially catastrophic long-term effects. Obama and Romney failed to address our increasing   ecological disasters in the debates.   While they have talked about extracting ever-larger quantities of oil, natural gas and coal no discussion has been made of their serious economic and environmental impacts. Romney did falsely attacked Obama in the first debate on his failure with creating green jobs.   Yes a few did fail, however, most were a huge success . In the second debate, Romney spoke about how the President “has not been Mr. Oil, or Mr. Gas, or Mr. Coal.”   Romney declared, if elected, would be all three. Obama countered, “We have increased oil production to the highest levels in 16 years.” “Natural gas production i