Obama’s Undemocratic Plan for Central Planning on Carbon (see the post for links)

It is looking more and more likely that President Obama will not try to pass any new cap and trade legislation through Congress. This is not the good news it appears to be. Instead, Obama will try and marshal legal authority from existing statutes, primarily the Clean Air Act, to force the reorganization of the entire U.S. economy (all businesses use energy) without any meaningful input from the American people.

Yes, there will be new legislation with tons of pork barrel spending for ‘green jobs’ that will be part of whatever stimulus the Democratic Congress puts on Obama’s desk on January 20th. But this is only the spending side of the equation. After that look for the Obama administration to abandon the democratic process and focus on a 100% bureaucrat generated plan to cap carbon. Three pieces of evidence for you...

US eyes Australia's carbon emissions scheme - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

A senior American diplomat says US climate change officials are looking to see what they can learn from the way Australia is tackling carbon emissions.

More Theatrics for GM - Greg Pollowitz - Planet Gore on National Review Online

...the idea that the CEO arrived in D.C. in an electric car too expensive to actually sell hidden in the shell of car that is looking for a market that probably doesn't exist speaks volumes.