Energy Needs at Home Trump Cap-and-Trade Political Points for Senate Democrats

April 3, 2009 RSS Feed Print

By Michael Barone, Thomas Jefferson Street blog

Last week I wrote a blogpost on cap-and-trade, pointing out that many Democratic senators had a political motive to oppose such a measure: Their states get most of their electricity from coal, and so cap-and-trade would raise their constituents' utility rates disproportionately to other states. This week the Senate voted on whether to include cap-and-trade in the budget resolution and, guess what 26 Democrats voted against doing so. You read it here first.

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Why does Raines Freddie/Fannie own the patent for CO2 carbon computer that some guy who died on 9/11 invented?? The Democratic congress gave it to Raines Nov 2008.. 44 % of the people killed on 9/11 were in competetion with CCX,,Chicago Climate Exchange. Poor souls ...Al Gore, Ohbummer and Maurice Strong, plus whatever Congress and House member who own stock in CCX will make TRILLIONS if the can pass Cap & Trade..Funny how that bill they passes yesterday does not include Fanny/Freddie, and Dobbs and Frank that cause the mess will not be investigate,,I think they have a lot of money riding on this Dark Horse!!!

{{Interesting twist to 9/11::The people at Northwestern University who ran the cap-and-trade simluation which demonstrated the profits possible with a 350ppm cap, also partnered with Boeing and Honeywell to guide the planes on 9/11 and sabotage the evacuation of their number one rival CO2e.com from the North Tower.

The ADT dispatcher.told everyone in the Twin Towers to return to their offices on 9/11 where Honeywell / Vulcain ventilation systems were rigged to kill them with a toxic/explosive mix of gases

9/11 real purposes was to scare the climate deniers and remove the competition to the racketeering launch of the Chicago Climate Exchange by Al Gore and Maurcie Strong and Richard Sandor.}}

"Were Marsh & McLennan, Cantor Fitzgerald/CO2e.com/eSpeed and Aon Corp destroyed to eliminate the competition in a future multi-trillion dollar carbon trading market?"

"Cantor Fitzgerald/CO2e.com/eSpeed held the patent on the unique software which would be used in the future carbon emissions trading which will result in trillions of dollars of trades. The Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) located at 10 Downing Street is currently estimated at $64 trillion."

sarah snow of KS 8:46AM July 27, 2010

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.

Trajan of CA 7:58PM July 07, 2009

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.

Landau of NY 9:45AM May 31, 2009

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Michael Barone is a senior writer for U.S.News & World Report and principal coauthor of The Almanac of American Politics. He has written for many publications—including the Economist and the New York Times.

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