Reid promising to apply the ham-handed Congressional touch to global warming legislation « HoodaThunk?

Driving straight ahead into a decision using information generally recognized to be factually incorrect at best and fraudulently wrong at worst is not a recipe for success. Senator Harry Reid (D-NV) is saying that the Senate will move on global warming legislation this year, likely later in the summer. (Ed.: I can’t help thinking the reason he’s waiting to do it then is so he can reduce the chances of being hit with the Gore Effect and getting stuck announcing the Dem effort to reduce global warming in the middle of a blizzard.)

The science that’s been actually done on the subject is leaning very heavily toward the conclusion that CO2 increases follow temperature increases and not the other way around. The public is becoming very much aware of this fact as I mentioned the last time this subject was getting national press out of DC. The proposed actions coming out of the Democrat side of this debate are to cap “greenhouse gases” which the science appears to show have less to do with the warming trend than suggested. The only information offered in support of the notion has been debunked. (I’m referring to the now-infamous “hockey stick graph.”)

Moonbattery: EPA to Start Regulating All Human Activity

Carbon dioxide is an essential element of our atmosphere that plants need to live, and that is generated by all human activity, including breathing. There is no evidence that it causes the natural and inevitable process of climate fluctuation. But by pretending that it is harmful to the planet, the government has established that literally everything we do is bad and subject to suppressive legislation. The negative consequences for our economy — not to mention our liberty — could not be overstated.

Unless we revolt against the leftist lunatics who are imposing this bizarre new form of totalitarianism, America will soon be reduced to sub–Third World living standards. This might be a good time to look into immigrating to communist China — for the freedom to generate wealth.

Why Utilities Are Not Well-Suited To Deliver Relief To Low- And Moderate-Income Consumers In A Climate Bill

Even a modest 15 percent reduction in greenhouse-gas emissions would cost the poorest fifth of Americans an average of $750 a year per household. These households have average annual incomes of only about $15,000. Without relief to offset these higher costs, millions of households would be driven into poverty, and those who already are poor would become significantly poorer.