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Carbon Cap and Trade Credits
Posted by Warren Peterson on June 3, 2008
The U.S. Senate is debating the Carbon Cap and Trade bill sponsored by Senators Lieberman and Warner. It is not expected to pass and will be vetoed if it does but the very fact that it is being seriously considered should be of concern. Global warming is happening and it is possible that greenhouse gasses contribute to it although the matter is far from scientifically settled. George Will, syndicated columnist with the Washington Post, published a column on the Lieberman-Warner bill in which he argued against a government imposed cap and trade system but for a straight forward, transparent carbon tax. Another interesting discussion promoting the free market instead of cap and trade to control greenhouse gases can be found at the Washington Policy Center web site.
Hillary Clinton attempted to impose a national health care plan in the early years of her husband's administration. Negative public reaction was a key factor in the 1994 take over of the House of Representatives by Republicans after forty years of Democrat control. Her plan affected about one seventh of the economy. Cap and trade would give the Federal goverment a tool to dominate and control virtually every aspect (100%) of our economy. Surely it deserves at least as much public scrutiny as HillaryCare received and maybe a similar political reversal for the Democrats.
Write your senators.
But you are incorrect, it is not warming. We have experienced seven years cooling and sun spots are at a significant low, and possibly an almost historic low if SSC 24 does not start soon. Far larger forces than anything man could ever hope to create are acting on the earth at all times. And those combined effects are what is responsible for our climate. Stay tuned. Empirical evidence trumps crafted climate models.
And as each passing day goes, we gather more evidence that shows that the AGW hypothesis is entirely false, that warming is not driven by C02, and that man has near zero effect on the long term climate.
You might want to check out www.icecap.us.
No, this whole Global Warming farce is nothing but the latest socialist scheme to take more from us and control us more. At what point do we, as Americans, move beyond begging these scoundrels to stop what they're doing? They couldn't care less about what is in the American people's best interests. They demonstrate that fact every day.
Posted by: Laughing out loud on June 4, 2008 11:29 AM