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moreso than the so-called "patriot act"? I'd say that's a little alarmist, eh?
And I'm afraid I don't see the problem with making us more energy efficient and getting us off of foreign oil.
Perhaps you can tell me what's onerous about that.
Far more onerous is being price gouged by oil companies... but maybe that's just me.
As far as I can tell, there is going to come a point where we simply can't generate adequate energy based on our current paradigm. That would lead to a total breakdown in societal norms. It might not happen now or in 20 years, but it will happen if we keep sitting on our butts and accommodating oil rich sheiks. We knew that during the 70's. It's time to stop being ostriches... when are we going to start? AFTER the civil wars over energy start?
Well first of all Jillian, this bill does nothing to rid us of your dependance on those same oil rich shieks you mentioned. In fact by punishing fossil fuel producers in this nation what you do, is provide further incentives for those same oil producing nations. This is NOT an energy bill Jillian it is a bill that aims to collect revenue on the the overproduction of carbon. It further aims to intrude in ALL aspects of federal, state, local governments by re-writing laws that this bill deems not in complience with the so called norms. Further, it aims to intrude in your personal life by dictating to you and I what our homes can and cannot have in them. The basic premise of this bill is to reduce carbon emissions and is based on IPCC findings that are as of yet unproven, setting that aside for a moment, the overall goal of this bill is to reduce our CO2 output in order to have a net positive effect on global warming. The aim of the bill assumes that EVERY nation will adopt this standard and by doing so in 100 years according to the EPA after all this Govt. intervention into our personal lives. will reduce the overall Global temp. by .02 degree's. Now China and India show no signs of slowing down in their production of coal fired plants at the rate of around 1 a week and have also indicated no fondness for adopting any sort of standard like this at all. So therefor this bill is dead from the start as to it's overall aims. That leaves us with a bill that will dictate to you what kind of car you will drive, home you can have, energy you can use, lights you can have, the list is endless, in an effort to collect taxes to prop up a Carbon Trading Scheme. Funny Jillian, I never saw once the entire life of the USA Patriot Act, a Govt. agency actually telling me if my home meets their approval or not.
You are dead wrong.
I'm exactly RIGHT Maggie and have proven on here many times over and will continue to do so. In fact when I would go so far as to say I probably know this bill better than Mr. Waxman does because at least I've read it and he has admitted he hasn't..
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9rHOxnZDbDU]YouTube - Quest to Read the Waxman-Markey Cap-and-Trade Bill Because Congress Won't[/ame]