The candidates in the 2016 Presidential Election all have different views on topics this year. Two of them, specifically Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton, have different opinions on two topics, climate change and renewable energy, that are argued over many times. They could have an affect on the world later on, which is why these two candidates find climate change and renewable energy important. Trump and Clinton’s views on climate change and renewable energy are pointing America toward the future.
Hillary Clinton cares a lot about global warming, but Trump really doesn’t. Climate change could be life changing. If the Earth’s climate keeps changing, human lives could be in danger (What is Climate Change?). According to the Department of Ecology
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Hillary Clinton believes that it’s man made, and that the United States should try to do everything it can to stop climate change. She wants the United States to eventually move toward a cleaner future. Clinton says she will try to get this done once she gets in office. She also doesn’t want children or anyone to suffer in the future from climate change (Climate Change). The economy and the future depend on people doing what needs to be done to stop climate change from getting worse. Her hope is that “we can tackle it [climate change] by making America the world’s clean energy superpower”. Once this happens, Clinton hopes that no one will have to suffer because of past mistakes, which, in this case, is ignoring climate change.
Besides having a passion for trying to stop changes in climate, Clinton also wants America to become a country full of renewable energy. She feels that the world should stop being dependent on oil and coal and try to be dependent on renewable energy, like solar panels (Should The United States). She wants to slowly reduce the amount of coal being used and transition to solar panels. She wants about half a billion solar panels at the end of her first term. A goal that she has for the future is lowering the amount of energy used in homes (Climate Change). She also wants to “reduce American oil consumption by a