Energy Needs at Home Trump Cap-and-Trade Political Points for Senate Democrats
Reader Comments
Cap&Trade
Senate Democrats will be developing nervous tics and hyperven-
tilation attacks as this Cap&Trade monstrosity nears a vote.
As a conservative, I love the smell of fear in the morning
in the liberal bastions. Flop-sweat on Obama's forehead
will make my day. I believe in governmental change in response
to evolving realities. I do NOT believe in the wholesale
destruction of America in an attempt to "save" it. This
administration is too radical and too smug for the times.
He who governs with the concept of "Czars" must think himself
an emperor.... a guy you need to keep an eye on.
Energy independence
Raising the gas tax would help reduce Asthma, Rebuild roads, bridges, highways, and mass transit systems. and reward fuel-efficient cars.
(U.S. cars consume twice as much fuel as European and Japanese cars)
@ the same time reducing our dependence on foreign oil, sounds difficult but this is what needs to be done.
PS. Eliminate the gas tax if oil goes above $100 a barel.
A Conservative approach
I keep hearing all the whining about a "green" economy and your "carbon footprint". I believe that good, self-reliant Americans can be green if it's really important.
I personally have never owned a car that got less than 20mpg average, my house was built with 6in walls and major insulation, I've installed the highest effeciency appliances available, double pane windows, flouresent lighting, buy natural cleaning products, recycle, etc.
We don't need (or can afford) an energy tax that we ALL KNOW will be simply passed to the consumer when our economy is in the tank already. The rich won't care but it will REALLY stick the poor and middle class.
And I'm one of those mean,nasty "conservatives" that drove a 30mpg car in the 70's and built an energy effecient home in the 80's. Don't need the government to tell me it's SMART.
i think
michael barone is a dolt who buys into the government explanations of everything ...
PUT A CAP ON THE GREEN-ENVIRO HYSTERIA
I think the only things that can derail the intolerant State Religion of Environmentalism are; hungry bellies, unemployment, empty wallets, more locked gates, closed campgrounds and increased restrictions and bans on recreational activity and outdoor access.
Maybe there is a silver lining to this crisis - just hope it's not too late to turn the enviro-tide.
Remember, Environmentalism is a religion and it wants you to drink the Kool-Aid...
ethanol
Butanol has five times the fuel value of ethanol, uses a different yeast developed by MIT, can use corn though sugar cane is better, uses the same equipment as ethanol is using now, but is consistently ignored(?) by you experts. Then you complain about ethanol being inadequate. Look in the internet under butanol. What is going on?
cap and ...
Wasn't the sale of carbon permits supposed to fund universal health care? How is that working out?
No, we didn't hear it here first.
Barone, what are you talking about? This is a story line that's been circulating around Washington for at least a year now, ever since the last cap-and-trade bill went down. Don't try to stake some claim to originality here. It's just not true.
That old saying,
"All politics is local" has not been repealed.
