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Western Climate Initiative unveils plan for capping emissions
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xscribe's approach is okay ONLY if he wants to cut hs own emissions, and not mandate that everyone else do so. He and his friends can then sit back and feel good about their actions, even though man's "greenhouse emissions" are insignificant, meaningless toots in the wind compared to the forces of nature.
Huntsman is dead wrong on this one and Utah should get out of this stupid suicide pact against modernity immediately.
The argument that Utah and these other western states will be placed at an economic disadvantage is very pertinent. China and India have said they will do NOTHING to combat global warming.
Tax imported oil and electricity made by non renueable means 1%, and use this money to support alternative sources such as wind, geothermal and solar.
Even if it were true, the benefits of warming could easily outweigh the downside. According to history, it is more likely that we will return to an ice age. Then we would long for the days of global warming.
Why take the chance?
Should we all send all of our money to the government so they can ensure the sun rises?
This is the same argument many want to use to "prevent" Global Warming
"Send your money now"
"Stop it before its too late"
This is just something the Liberals made up.
The current so-called �consensus� is not scientific. Instead, much of it results from politics, threats � implied or otherwise � of being black-listed, and the short-sighted-and-destructive lust of global-warming-related businesses. The planet is not in peril, and Governor Huntsman should never have signed up for this foolishness in the first place � especially not without first letting the legislature fully deal with it.
This new initiative does nothing except put the Utah economy on notice that we're in for hard times, needlessly.
Neither have I.
Until the governor can show us those data, he should NOT act the Don Quixote part charging "greenhouse" gas windmills!
NOTE: Alaska is different. The Arctic climate has more dramatic swings from decade to decade. It was like today in the 1930's, and colder in-between.
the real thing our grandchildren will be saying down the road is "how arrogant were our ancestors to think that they were 'all-powerful' humans and could control and affect the weather. what amazing hubris."
Do we have an impact? Yes a very, very tiny one. The two great influences on climate are ocean and solar activity of the sun, which just makes sense. I don't need a junk science formula to figure that out.
BTW--the carbon cap/CO2 deal is kind of silly when you think about it, because C02 isn't a pollutant. It's plant food and don't we want more green vegetation around?
Unless this crowd that comments on these kinds of pieces is a significant minority, one might think that the politicians and news hacks are in tough with each other and out of touch with the people.
Perhaps we need more and more propaganda until we are convinced of the validity of the fallacy of man-made global warming. It seems to be working with the dire condition of the big three auto makers, or the crisis in the financial sector. We then can follow the pied piper, all be on the same page and live happily ever after. The End.
There are a significant number of highly credentialed scientists that do not believe climate change to a significant degree is caused by an increase in the CO2 in the atmosphere. Unfortunately, the opinions of these scientists are not being published in the local newspapers or presented in other news media. Fortunately, they can be found on the internet. There are no real current indicators of man caused climate change.
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Think about it: Cap-and-trade is designed to shift money and power to special interests. It doesn't really reduce gas emissions, much less affect climate.
I'm all for cleaner air, but this is ridiculous.