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I think we should designate one day and one day only when fuels such as oil, coal, gas or their derivatives or nuclear fuel could not be used provide energy to the entire U.S., only photovoltaic cells and wind turbines..Imagine the fun then!!!
June 11 2010 at 11:31 AM Report abuse Permalink +5 rate up rate down ReplyThis is just a way for the left to push climate change legislation without that pesky thing called Congress! They sure wouldn't want an honest debate on the facts. I thought the left was going to restore science to it's proper place. Is refusing to show the need for such legislation helping this? No, it doesn't, as science would prove the need for more study and understanding of reality.
June 11 2010 at 11:04 AM Report abuse Permalink +8 rate up rate down ReplyIf Congress will not implement legislation to address carbon emissions then the EPA will do so under existing law. This isn't the EPA circumventing congress. This is congress incapable of addressing the topic due to political gridlock.
June 11 2010 at 12:30 PM Report abuse Permalink -1 rate up rate down ReplyDemocrats supposedly "breaking ranks" means nothing when Dems are a majority. This is just CYA for the fall elections so they can claim they opposed it.
June 11 2010 at 10:40 AM Report abuse Permalink +8 rate up rate down ReplyThe passage of this Bill means....a lower standard of living for us...and lower productivity for the USA..... Wind Power now provides only 2-3% of our energy needs and solar power about 2%....that's a lot of wind mills and solar panels to make up for the oil we will not be using.....That's OK... because China, India, Brazil and Russia will be glad to pick up the oil slack and use the oil that we don't want to use....and by the way, our nation will diminish in the opportunities it used to supply its citizens since our over-all productivity will be slowed down significantly...
June 11 2010 at 10:38 AM Report abuse Permalink +9 rate up rate down ReplyWhich is exactly what was said when the clean air act passed. Which is what was said with the ADA established OSHA.
Regulation doesn't kill business. Business has always found ways to thrive inspite of regulation.
Never forget the arrogance with which the EPA announced they would force their absurd agenda on the people, if Congress did not. Just asking, but where has the EPA been throughout this disaster hitting the southern states. Haven't heard much, if anything, from them. This is where EPA should be visible, not sticking their long noses into every Americans business and burdening the country with disastrous regulations. This measure must be brought up again as soon as there is a changeover in Congress. TOO MUCH POWER IN THE FED GOV"T. It must be reined in. Each bureaucracy sees only their own little piece of the pie, not what they are doing to the big picture. Congress is supposed to temper the advances of these bureaucrats, but I am not certain we have enough intelligent people in Congress to do the job. Most of them do not read what they are passing as law.
June 11 2010 at 9:26 AM Report abuse Permalink +11 rate up rate down ReplyThe EPA did not force this on anyone. The EPA requested congress to pass guidelines regulating carbon emissions, which they claim leads to harm of American citizens through rising temperatures and the side effects of such (drought, floods, increased disease, wildfires, etc.) Congress has been unable to do pass legislation regarding carbon. Thus the EPA is mandated to act under the Clean air act.
As an aside, could you please enlighten me as to how the government could have prevented the BP spill with less federal power?
EPA- didn't they say that the air at ground zero was safe to breathe on 9/11? Are they looking out for our best interest or helping the climate change scam to get more tax payers money?
June 11 2010 at 9:25 AM Report abuse Permalink +11 rate up rate down ReplyNo, they didn't. They said that the air was hazardous for two months after the attack and warned that toxic debris could be returned to the air. They also supported claims of ground zero cleanup workers who contracted mesothelioma from inhaling fiberglass and asbestos particulates.
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