Inconvenient Realities of Cap-and-Trade: Little Impact on Global Warming, Big Impact on Taxation and Economy

Before closing, Rattie took another swipe at the current climate change legislation being considered in Congress, calling it a futile attempt to eliminate CO2 emissions related to fossil fuel use.

"The media dwells on the potential harm from global warming, but ignores the fact that the costs borne to address it will also harm us," he said. "We have a finite amount of wealth in the world to address a long list of problems—hunger, poverty, malaria, nuclear proliferation, to name a few ... The opportunity cost of diverting a large part of current wealth to solve a potential problem 50 to 100 years from now means we do ‘less good’ dealing with these other problems.

Twitter / Bryan Fry

don't even get me started on Global Warming bro... It's the biggest crock of shit I've ever heard!

Twitter / wheezywaiter

The Little Engine that Could Contribute to Global Warming #failedchildrensbooktitles

[Did we mention that the town's name even has the word "green" in it?]

“We are proud to help build the new Greensburg Wind Farm, and we support Greensburg’s commitment to be the greenest town in America. We’ve partnered with NativeEnergy to help build this new project,” said Operation Carbon CEO Jeffrey Byrd. “We are serious about climate stewardship and social responsibility.” Byrd added.