Bravo, Jack Davis

Davis is not your ordinary Democrat : City & Region : The Buffalo News

In the heated contest for the Democratic nomination to replace Rep. Thomas M. Reynolds, Jack Davis stands out in ways that are not conventionally Democratic.
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And he’s the only one who doubts that human beings caused global warming, and who thinks we shouldn’t do anything about it.
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Davis dismissed health care as among the “side issues” that he hasn’t focused on in the campaign, but he made clear that he has strong opinions on the twin issues of energy and climate change that fall far from the party line.

While other Democrats tout the “green collar” jobs that could result from expanded alternative energy sources, Davis worries that solar and wind power are costly and unreliable. Instead, he’s a strong proponent of nuclear energy and drilling for oil on the outer continental shelf and in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.

“It was very ignorant of the people not to want to drill in our country over the last 20 years,” Davis said. “And look what it’s done to us. We have a $100 billion transfer of wealth to oil-producing countries.”

Regarding climate change, Davis said: “I don’t think man is making it and I don’t think man has the capability and certainly can’t afford the cost of trying to control it.”

Asked what is causing global warming, Davis noted that the polar ice caps on Mars are melting, too, and said: “The sun is on a heat streak.”