SmartPower’s Daniel Francis talks GOP and energy on Think Talk Radio

SmartPower Program Assistant Daniel Francis was recently approached by Think Talk Radio to represent the liberal perspective in a debate about the role energy policy will play in the 2012 presidential election. 

Think Talk Radio acknowledges its “conservative ideals,” yet still values voices from all sides. Daniel represented the clean energy side, supporting presidential candidates that accept human-caused climate change and advocate for a green economy.  

When asked about the future of offshore drilling, Daniel replied that such measures would simply serve as “a short term fix to a long term problem.” And when asked which GOP hopeful is, in his opinion, most suited to take on the appropriate energy policy, he said,

None of them. But if I had to choose strictly for environmental policy it would be Jon Huntsman. He’s been very vocal about his belief in climate change and I think for that very reason he’s been overlooked by a majority of the Republican electorate.

When asked what we should do in the interim while oil prices continue to rise and green jobs falter, he said,

This is something we should have started on yesterday and the day before that. This isn’t an issue that is going to go away. Oil is a finite resource, as is natural gas. We can’t keep prolonging these decisions for other generations to deal with — we have to deal with them now.

To listen to the program, please visit ThinkTalkRadio.com. You can find the program — “Top 3 GOP” What are their views on energy and oil? — under the Our Shows tab.