Environment - SquareOffs

Asked by ABC 17 News

245 Votes

Should oil companies boost supplies?

90%

Yes Yes

10%

No No

90%

Yes

President Joe Biden in remarks to the nation Thursday urged oil companies to put more product on the market to lower prices.

President Joe Biden in remarks to the nation Thursday urged oil companies to put more product on the market to lower prices. Show Less

4 Comments

HelenHighwater

Captain Obvious approves this message.

Max

Oil companies should boost everything, and citizens should boot the entire liberal, woke, and disgusting current administration, before our Nation is destroyed. Biden should also keep his filthy hands off of our Strategic Oil Reserves. That is for our Military to protect us. Biden is not an American

Lisa Gore

Stupidest move was closing the keystone pipeline and using our emergency reserves. Everyone knows it now, thanks to Donald Trump. The choices this “admin” has made are not America First. Bring back Trump. #LGB

Max

Everything Biden has done, was the stupidest thing. How did you narrow it down to the Keystone pipeline?

10%

No

Under capitalism, oil companies can choose to sell as much, or as little, product as they want.

Under capitalism, oil companies can choose to sell as much, or as little, product as they want. Show Less

1 Comment

Rachel Clara Smith

Wind and solar power companies should boost supplies, and we should invest in more research into nuclear power. These technologies will be more affordable in the long run.

Are you concerned about clean water supplies running low?

Asked by Devon Jones

161 Votes

Are you concerned about clean water supplies running low?

58%

Extremely Extremely

42%

Not so much Not so much

58%

Extremely

“The USGS scientists considered two scenarios of climate change. In one, warmer temperatures by 2050 would reduce the amount of water flowing in the river by 14-26%. In the othe... Show More

“The USGS scientists considered two scenarios of climate change. In one, warmer temperatures by 2050 would reduce the amount of water flowing in the river by 14-26%. In the other scenario, warming would take away 19-31% of the river’s flow.” – USA Today Show Less

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42%

Not so much

“The research has major implications for how water is managed along the Colorado River, which provides water for about 40 million people and more than 5 million acres of farmlan... Show More

“The research has major implications for how water is managed along the Colorado River, which provides water for about 40 million people and more than 5 million acres of farmland from Wyoming to Southern California.” Read the full article at USA Today: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2020/02/22/climate-change-drying-up-colorado-river-studies-say/4842148002/ Show Less

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Will Bezos's $10 billion Climate Change initiative be effective?

Asked by Devon Jones

58 Votes

Will Bezos's $10 billion Climate Change initiative be effective?

55%

Very Helpful! Very Helpful!

45%

Too late for Earth Too late for Earth

55%

Very Helpful!

"Jeff Bezos said on Monday that he's giving $10 billion to fight climate change." – Business Insider

"Jeff Bezos said on Monday that he's giving $10 billion to fight climate change." – Business Insider Show Less

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Dream Wonders

It's never too late

45%

Too late for Earth

"Bezos is the only American among the world's five richest people who has not signed the Giving Pledge, in which participants promise to give away more than half of their wealth... Show More

"Bezos is the only American among the world's five richest people who has not signed the Giving Pledge, in which participants promise to give away more than half of their wealth during their lifetimes or in their wills" – Business Insider, read the full article: https://www.businessinsider.com/jeff-bezos-giving-10-billion-to-fight-climate-change-2020-2 Show Less

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Environment SquareOffs

Should oil companies boost supplies?

90% Yes Yes

10% No No

90% Yes

10% No

Are you concerned about clean water supplies running low?

58% Extremely Extremely

42% Not so much Not so much

58% Extremely

42% Not so much

Will Bezos's $10 billion Climate Change initiative be effective?

55% Very Helpful! Very Helpful!

45% Too late for Earth Too late for Earth

55% Very Helpful!

45% Too late for Earth

About Environment

90%

Yes Yes

10%

No No

90%

Yes

10%

No

58%

Extremely Extremely

42%

Not so much Not so much

58%

Extremely

42%

Not so much

55%

Very Helpful! Very Helpful!

45%

Too late for Earth Too late for Earth

55%

Very Helpful!

45%

Too late for Earth