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  If you would dedicate your energy and capital towards geothermal and fusion engineering efforts, you wouldn't have to read this tripe.

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  You are all politically out of touch with the midwest.  If you haven't read history, then you have no clue about the madness lurking around the corner due to this energy tax.  You think you're saving the planet, but the fact is that you'll just export jobs to India and China, and at the end of the day, the dollar will be debased to little or nothing, and the climate will still have the same problems.  The non-energy related items in this legislation are ridiculous, and will take away your freedom.  Scarcity of resources will force energy prices to go up until renewables replace the infrastructure anyway.  A big energy tax could go as far as to destabilize the civilization we live in.  Would you like to live in the neighborhood with the first food/energy riots?  really?  The refineries might shut down, and we'd have nothing but imported gasoline.  Would you like to live in the Gulf when that happens?  That's a national security issue.  Here's a thought:  there were natural wildfires every 15-30 years in the west (Idaho) 200 years ago, caused by lightning.  After the fire protection and regulation, those wildfires only happen every 50 years these days, but burn JUST AS MUCH AS 2 NATURAL FIRES.  Is the Cap-and-tax going to stop wildfires now, too?  Maybe we can legislate away the inconvenient laws of the universe next.

  I want the best for my kids, just like all fathers would, and that means less government and more freedom.  If this legislation were nothing but a tax to replace the federal income tax, or a tax to sequester greenhouse gases, I'd be all for it.  But, IT IS NOT.  It's filled with mandates and things that will take away freedom. 

   

   

  On Seeking a tougher climate bill, green groups set eyes on the Senate posted 5 months ago 19 Responses

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  The cotton gin wasn't invented until after the Civil War. How could have any economic argument of that time been heeded? You're reply is weak, and I suspect you'll be crying when you're latte' costs double. Prove to me that the higher $150/bbl oil costs from last year didn't kick start the alternative energy industry already. The existing system works. There is no need for a moral argument and congressional debate, because there is no need for government to get involved. Do you think that this huge TAX will be repealed if economic fusion / solar thermal / geothermal plants are installed? NEVER. The congress will NEVER give up this POWER. Pelosi and her like are uneducated, as much as Bush. I have kids, and this tyranny affects their liberty and our family's livelihood. You probably live in a large city, so you have no clue how badly this will affect the non-urban population, who depend upon cheap energy for their livelihood. The shock from the additional regulation and induced inefficiencies will put people in dire straits economically, debase the dollar, and stifle innovation that would have manifested itself naturally. Your lack of education regarding capitalism makes me sick.On Seeking a tougher climate bill, green groups set eyes on the Senate posted 5 months ago 19 Responses

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  While I agree that the government should boost the alternative energy resources, this goes too far too fast. You can't save the planet if you can't eat. As a small business owner (I run a rental house on the side), this is bad news. Increasing everyone's electricity bill gives them less disposable income to pay rent. If people couldn't afford health care before, they definitely can't afford it now. wow. If people would have just waited, the market would have naturally taken its course to encourage alternative energy investments. There was no need to get the government involved at all. Once the price of electricity naturally hits 30 cents per kwh, all solar panel installations become an easy sell. I would liken this move by the government to the cause of the civil war. When the cotton gin automated harvesting, there was no economic reason to own a slave. The war might have been prevented. Think hard, when has a big government program EVER been hugely successful?On Seeking a tougher climate bill, green groups set eyes on the Senate posted 5 months ago 19 Responses