Obama's the Candid Candidate on Energy

If you're disturbed by the fact that hardly anyone is aware of--or prepared for--the higher energy costs that would hit them if Sen. Obama or Sen. McCain were to translate their climate change programs into reality, note that the problem is political candor and, on this score, Barack Obama has more of it than John McCain.

If, on the other hand, you're excited by Sen. Obama's climate change plan, ask yourself this: How much would global temperatures go down if we put this plan in place? Computer models suggest that the answer is only a small fraction of one degree Fahrenheit.

Would the economic benefit of reducing global temperatures by that virtually immeasurable amount exceed $238-983 billion by 2030 (EPA's estimate of the cost of Lieberman-Warner that year)? If not, then your legislative enthusiasm is misplaced.