I was listening to NPR today specifically "Living on Earth" and I was just lucky enough to catch a good portion of a discussion on Cap and Trade. Here is the link to the whole discussion.
I'll admit that I enjoy NPR. I really like to make sure I am well rounded in regard to what I listen to and NPR allows me to catch the left's slant on things. Of course this discussion was all about how great cap and trade would be. How it would raise all sorts of money and help the government bridge the gap in the deficit. That all sounds great right? Until you factor in that cap and trade in the U.S. would do little to nothing to reduce CO2 emissions on a global scale (that is if you think limiting emissions is important to stop the myth of man made global warming but that is a topic for another post on another day)
In reality this will be all about the money and nothing about what it would need to be. Energy costs will skyrocket which of course is exactly what we need in an economic downturn. Obama will be able to fulfill his campaign promise to bankrupt coal and so the jobs lost are necessary in order to save our planet. Oh wait, it won't save our planet it will line the pockets of politicians and their friends at the expense of and ruin of our country. That's change to believe in for sure.
In the end the infuriating part is that despite the overwhelming evidence that man made global warming does not exist, idiotic and destructive policies such as this continue to be implemented. The arrogance of our society to think that we can actually stop global warming and cooling periods that have been occuring naturally since the earth came into existence by trying to limit CO2 emissions. The idea is blatantly absurd and infuriating in the scam that is being perpetrated.
