Geri Spieler: A Modest Proposal (With Apologies to Jonathan Swift)

The solution of course is to slow population growth. The benefits from reduced reproduction rates among humans are 20 times more effective than life style changes. So, obviously we can reduce carbon emissions by reducing the number of new children.

Fred Upton weighs in

Republicans on the call also hit the Democrats hard over cap and trade, with Congressman Fred Upton (R-Mich.) warning that "[Henry] Waxman probably has the votes to narrowly pass this thing in committee" and that "we need to get all the Blue Dogs" to be able to stop it in the full House. "This cap and trade stuff just reeks," Upton said of Waxman-Markey.

YouTube - Rep. Joe Barton on Global Warming Bill

Rep. Joe Barton talks to C-SPAN's Washington Journal about the Waxman-Markey global warming bill.