Speaking to a group of business folk in Texas, Jeb Bush expressed his skepticism of global warming.The Orlando Sentinel reports:
Bush said those who advocate action to limit climate change are acting out of something like religious zeal.
“I don’t think our policies should be based on emotion; they should be based on sound science,” he said.
Rather than reducing oil consumption, Bush said the United States
should focus on “energy security” — reducing dependence on oil
imported from hostile or politically unstable countries by encouraging
alternative fuels.
Would you have expected anything else from a member of the Bush oil family? But the best part of the article comes at the end when the Sentinel reports that Jeb! “took a swipe at Florida’s alligators.”
Bush told the Texas audience how he repeatedly vetoed spending state money to market alligator meat.
“Alligators proliferate in Florida. They eat small dogs,” Bush said. “We don’t need to market them, we need to kill them.”
After a slight pause, he added, “Is this open to the press?”
Yup