McCain Vs. Obama..

Although there are many similarities between the two candidates, there are however fundamental principles that make it possible to separate the two candidates with help of using Clapps and Dauvergnes environmental perspectives. When analyzing the overall theme of McCain’s proposals, we see that he believes in the power of the market to create the solutions that are needed to change our impact on the environment much like that of a market liberal. From his proposal of a trade and cap system for emotions as well as government funding for commercialized green technologies with his Green Innovation Financing and Transfer.

Although Mccain and Obama share many similarities in goals, there are however a few differences that show a different environmental perspective. Although much like Mccain he agrees with a cap and trade system for emissions as well as tax credits to promote such new technologies such as hybrid cars and new clean energy sources. The difference can be found in their views on the economy. While McCain is a Market Liberal, Obama has definetly more of an Industrialist perspective to his views of including government in his goals of promoting change. Among these insitutionalist views, he seeks massive inject of money from the federal government into technology and business to help spur those changes that he seeks.

Its really hard to find much difference between the candidates on the environment, they both want to push stronger standards and goals for fighting emissions. One exception however is the question of energy independence, while Obama wants more efficiency and conservation, McCain plans for expanding nuclear, coal and natural gas to provide alternatives for foreign oil. Another exception is the one of international commitments on the environment. McCain has seemingly more information on how to reassert the United States as leaders in environmental causes as well as engage up and coming economies of India and China.
Its hard to choose one which is talking the most since on the environment. I think McCain might have the upper hand in this issue because no matter how much money we spend on technology, they are years away while oil prices are hurting us now. McCains idea of increasing some new coal and nuclear plants are an unnecessary evil for bridging this gap till these technologies get online.