Babs Boxer: To Heck With The Economy, AGW Legislation Is More Important
Posted on February 4, 2009
Gotta love liberals, they just live in their own little world. They got theirs, so, they feel no worry about hosing everyone else. As long as it doesn’t affect them
Democratic members of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee have pledged to “follow science” in their quest to quell the effects of global warming, even as some reports suggest that belief in the environmental threat is waning.
Follow the science. Um, sure. Whose science? The one that always ends with Man being mostly or solely responsible, or, the one that follow the scientific model and looks at all possibilities?
Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.), the committee chair, told reporters at a Capitol Hill news conference Tuesday that Democrats on the committee are writing a global warming bill that she says will not only preserve the environment, but also help remedy the nation’s economic problems.
“Don’t allow talk of an economic recession to stop our work,” Boxer said. “The surest way to create good jobs in this country is to mobilize for clean energy.”
In other words, peons, go blank (been reading Ace too much) yourselves. Suck it up, and plan to get a job in walking distance.
Boxer said she does not agree with economists who say taxes are the most effective way to reduce carbon emissions.
And, as the AGW believers like to say, what is her degree in? Anyhow, the best way to reduce carbon emissions, if that is what she wants done, is for all those who believe in AGW to practice what they preach, and leave the rest of us out of their silliness.
She reaffirmed support for a cap-and-trade emissions system, though there is disagreement on the committee regarding whether that is the best option, she said.
“We’re working, let’s be clear, on cap-and-trade programs,” Boxer said. “The whole world is doing cap-and-trade, so we need to be consistent.”
Under cap-and trade, government sets a cap on the amount of a pollutant that can be emitted, and companies that exceed the cap are allowed to trade or purchase credits from companies that pollute less.
Let’s see what does cap and trade do? OK, I run Teach Enterprises. I put out, let’s say, 100 ppm of CO2. Company Losing Money puts out 10ppm of CO2. The cap is 50. So, I need to get another 50. So, I pay off CLM for 40ppm. Quite a bit of that money goes to, you got it, the government. But, I need another 10. So, I go to Company No Business Model, and purchase another 10. Government gets more money. But, anyone notice how much CO2 I am still putting out? Ahem *scam* ahem.
We could probably cut quite a bit of CO2 if Obama and the Congress Critters would turn their thermostats down, and if the AGW leaders would stop flying all over the world to exotic vacation spots in private jets. Unfortunately, all thehypocritical activities by the AGW crowd is going to erase California farms, but, on the bright side, there will be plenty of reptiles to take their places.
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And next year the cap will be 49ppm, so you’ll either have to waste more money so you can waste money. Or you could exhibit common sense and cut your pollution by cutting energy use, which a good businessman should have been doing anyway. Efficiency savings affect your bottom line, even without a cap and trade. So if you’re not looking into them then you should rebrand Teach Enterprises as Company Pointlessly Wasting Money.
I don’t understand your reasoning. You moan about government interference and the government taking your money when most governments are giving away money that you could use to become independent of them. Take the governmentgrant and invest in energy efficiency and microgeneration. Do it well enough to produce more electricity than you need and energy companies are becoming obliged to buy it back off you. Your paying less tax on the energy you use and the energy companies have less money and lobbying power. If you still don’t want to admit that you’re doing it for your children and a better environment just pretend you’re doing it to be selfish. Whatever.
The polar bear cartoon is cutesy, it’s good to see you’ve embraced recycling by repeating the Very Cold Winter meme endlessly. However, Australia is in the midst of the worst heatwave in at least 70 years. You haven’t mentioned this. I guess you only want to point out the weather anomalies that seem to support your argument.