Let’s Keep This Debate Going!
Posted June 4th, 2008 at 2.56pm in Energy and Environment.
The left is getting absolutely destroyed in the debate on the Senate floor over global warming. Roll Call reports that Democratic staffers are complaining that leadership “is walking us off a cliff” on the issue. Far left activists report they are hearing similar things from their allies in Congress.
The left is quickly discovering that Americans are not eager to pay higher gas and energy prices in exchange for completely symbolic action on global warming. Conservatives in the House have been paying attention to the debate as well and they want to keep it going. To that end, Minority Leader John Boehner wrote a letter to Speaker Nancy Pelosi today:
I write to you today regarding Select Committee on Energy Independence Chairman Ed Markey’s (D-MA) introduction of his long-awaited legislation aimed at reducing the level of carbon in the air by imposing new taxes on emitting it. Based on his comments last week, Chairman Markey’s legislation is expected to be much more far-reaching – and much more costly – than the legislation the Senate is debating this week.
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While I disagree fervently with the logic of raising energy costs while consumers already face astronomical prices for gasoline, I respect your prerogative as Speaker to follow through on your promise and schedule a vote on the bill. And frankly, I welcome the debate. At a time when families are reconsidering their summer travel plans because of the record-high gas prices, I believe there is no clearer distinction between the two parties in Congress than on this issue.
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June 6, 2008 Arthur Collins writes:
The DOW tanking and oil skyrocketing are symptoms of a failed energy policy. We need to:
a) Build PHEVs (plug-in hybrid electric vehicles) to revitalize Detroit’s obsolete car technology.
b) Build advanced technology nuclear power plants to power (a) and the economy, and to eliminate oil imports.
c) To keep the environmentalists happy, and to solve climate change if it needs solving, plant solar planters and wind farms around the ‘nukes’.
d) After doing the above, we go fishing.
Regards, Art Collins, Retired Aerospace and Nuke Engineer