Boxer-Kerry
Just launched today is a Senate version of the Waxman-Markey bill which was passed by the house a few months ago. Like house bill, it looks like it will have almost no impact on GHG emissions while cutting US jobs, slowing the economic recovery, and generally being crappy piece of legislation which adds many more government oversights and controls.
El Obamismo said "With the draft legislation they are announcing today, we are one step closer to putting America in control of our energy future and making America more energy independent," except none of that is true. If you wanted to make the US more energy independent, you would promote nuclear plants and find a real waste facility other than the failed Yucca mountain (a program which Obama has essentially shut down - and which it deserved, but there needs to be a better other option).
These idiotic tax-and-trade bills only "save the environment" by marginally reducing US demand through higher costs, and at the same time make the US less competitive and reduce US national investment while increasing imports of foreign fuel (our study proved that).
If you want to cut GHG, have less babies in the world, work with China and India on clean tech, reduce reliance on coal-plants in the US and abroad, invest in nuclear energy and increase the price of gasoline (much as that last one I would hate personally - I dont think it is a bad policy option).
The bills on the table are idiotic. We need a real analysis of how we reach a stable and environmentally friendly way to produce and consume energy. These are massive tax bills and nothing more.
El Obamismo said "With the draft legislation they are announcing today, we are one step closer to putting America in control of our energy future and making America more energy independent," except none of that is true. If you wanted to make the US more energy independent, you would promote nuclear plants and find a real waste facility other than the failed Yucca mountain (a program which Obama has essentially shut down - and which it deserved, but there needs to be a better other option).
These idiotic tax-and-trade bills only "save the environment" by marginally reducing US demand through higher costs, and at the same time make the US less competitive and reduce US national investment while increasing imports of foreign fuel (our study proved that).
If you want to cut GHG, have less babies in the world, work with China and India on clean tech, reduce reliance on coal-plants in the US and abroad, invest in nuclear energy and increase the price of gasoline (much as that last one I would hate personally - I dont think it is a bad policy option).
The bills on the table are idiotic. We need a real analysis of how we reach a stable and environmentally friendly way to produce and consume energy. These are massive tax bills and nothing more.
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