Those who lament Arnold Schwarzenegger’s return to “acting” might rethink their criticism after reading the following excerpt from a new TIME magazine interview, which exposes the Governator’s misguided approach to climate policy.
The pioneering cap-and-trade legislation you passed in California took effect this year. Aren’t you worried it will just push all the polluting off to Utah?
I think that we will have a great success rate. If the rest of the United States would only do one thing, and that is to be as energy-efficient as California, we could close 75% of our coal-fired plants. That is what states are meant to do, to be the laboratory of the federal government. We have shown the way, so now copy it.
If my purchase of a ticket to see “The Last Stand” helps keep Schwarzenegger out of politics, it’s a price I’m willing to pay.
