Sen. Alexander targets energy subsidies, says political furor over climate might ease

{mosads}Alexander bucks a GOP trend with his belief in human-induced global warming. He opposes cap-and-trade but is open to some kind of emissions limits on power plants — eventually.

“At some point we might require a certain limit of carbon on coal plants, just as we limit tailpipe emissions. But before we do that, we have to start with research and development to try to figure out a technological means to capture carbon,” he said.

But Alexander isn’t expecting agreements on climate anytime soon.

“Maybe in two to three years I think some of the politicizing which is on both sides will have died down a little bit. But it will be very difficult to get consensus on climate change in the next two to three years,” he said.

Click here to read the whole interview, which also addresses Alexander’s advocacy for electric cars and other matters.