Dan Lashof
Director,Senior Scientist, Global Warming Policy, Natural Resources Defense Council:
Kyoto Through the Back Door.."Through the back door, clearly no !..this is front door policy." "In response to the weakness of the Bush policy" as was reported in this week's Weekly Standard." "Effective investment will save the homeowner hundreds of dollars on their yearly use of energy.
Myron Ebell,Director of Global Warming Policy,
Competitive Enterprise Institute:
"Pointless political grandstanding? Harmful political grandstand!Alarmism?" This could be achieved at little cost says McCain and gives example of advertisement: "No money down !!" [on a used car] but the words 48 payments following the "No money down"). "The costs are going to be there and will mount rapidly."
"We need to look at new technology and transform our energy ... all this other stuff is window dressing in the Bush administration." (both in agreement).
Senator Snowe (R-ME) is a co-sponsor of the Climate Stewardship Act (S. 139), co-sponsored by Senators Joe Lieberman (D-CT) and John McCain (R-AZ)legislation. Senator Collins (R-Me) has not made up her mind.
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Even the radical global warming 'scientist' admit that if everyone met Kyoto goals there would be virtually no reduction in global tempretures.