<![CDATA[Grist - Comment Feed for A common person’s guide to the American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009]]> Grist Comment Feed en Comment #1 by Rmoen http://www.grist.org/article/2009-06-03-guide-to-waxman-markey-bill/ Thu, 04 Jun 2009 09:32:25 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/2009-06-03-guide-to-waxman-markey-bill/1 Mr. Glick-

Thanks for bringing some clarity to this camel (horse designed by committee).  The whole thing sounds like a regulatory mess to me. Who's going to measure and regulate the overseas offsets?

My biggest concern, however, is the that the United States is basing this legislation on the IPCC reports which are tainted by politics and agenda.  The reports don't pass the smell test -- see http://www.energyplanusa.com . Plus, there's been a lot of new climate discoveries since the UN's Kyoto Protocol that are largely omitted from the reports. 

America needs our own scientific assessment of global warming. I am a Democrat who for the past 20 years believed global warming was caused by CO2.  But now after reading the UN reports I suspect the fix was in.  The UN reports contain much good science, but the fact is the UN is a political organization where politics trump science.  We need our own objective climate commission to think through global warming and determine whether it's driven by CO2.  ...before we heavily burden our economy with CO2 taxes.

]]> Mr. Glick-

Thanks for bringing some clarity to this camel (horse designed by committee).  The whole thing sounds like a regulatory mess to me. Who's going to measure and regulate the overseas offsets?

My biggest concern, however, is the that the United States is basing this legislation on the IPCC reports which are tainted by politics and agenda.  The reports don't pass the smell test -- see http://www.energyplanusa.com . Plus, there's been a lot of new climate discoveries since the UN's Kyoto Protocol that are largely omitted from the reports. 

America needs our own scientific assessment of global warming. I am a Democrat who for the past 20 years believed global warming was caused by CO2.  But now after reading the UN reports I suspect the fix was in.  The UN reports contain much good science, but the fact is the UN is a political organization where politics trump science.  We need our own objective climate commission to think through global warming and determine whether it's driven by CO2.  ...before we heavily burden our economy with CO2 taxes.

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