Thursday, July 30, 2009

Investor's Business Daily -- Climate Bill's Still-Unanswered Questions
You're poised to pass the most far-reaching energy legislation in our nation's history, but you've yet to give the public answers to these and other basic questions about our nation's energy policy. Now is a perfect chance to answer. The floor is yours.
Investor's Business Daily -- The Hypocrisy Of Our Elites Is Getting Old
Yet these influential prophets of doom do not have lives remotely similar to the lesser folk they lecture to. From time to time, Al Gore hops on a private jet — and purchases "carbon offsets," penances for the privilege. His mansion not long ago consumed more energy in a month than the average American home does in a year. Friedman lives on a sprawling estate reminiscent of the grandees of the 18th-century English countryside.
Australian Climate Madness: Even UN thinks Rudd's ETS rush is unnecessary
So there you have it, from the horse's mouth: a commitment is all that's required. Kevin Rudd's blinkered urge to see the ETS enshrined in legislation before December is exposed as nothing but political posturing. Enough is enough, Mr Rudd. Delay the ETS until after Copenhagen. End of story.

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