If EPA is not reined in by a new Congress in 2010 or a new president in 2012, you will not recognize America in 5 to 10 years. The penetration of government into all aspects of our lives today is nothing compared to what is coming. Expect 50 mph speed limits, very small cars, special permits required to purchase trucks and only for business purposes, swelteringly hot offices and homes in summer and frigid in winter, lukewarm water for showers, autos in any color you want as long as it’s white, GPS control in your cars to monitor your travel, travel restrictions, sky-high airline fares, quadrupling of electricity bills, no-flush urinals required in homes (don’t have to use power to pump water or process liquid sewage), enormous waste of precious water to grow more corn for ethanol, requirements that all homes be roofed with solar cells (bill introduced into CA legislature for this by 2020), exorbitant fees on remote subdivisions to force people to live near commuter lines in boxy gray condos, soaring inflation as high energy costs flow through the entire supply chain and production process, loss of nearly all manufacturing in the U.S., offshoring of all new data centers.
The list is endless.
The original clean air act resulted in huge benefits by clearing our air of sulfur and nitrogen pollution compounds and particulate matter. This idiocy will cause massive hardship for all Americans and will have ZERO benefit for anybody. Not just indiscernible benefits, but NO benefits at all — except for the people and companies who jump onto this gravy train.
I am so sickened by this and really ashamed of what is being done in and to our country. We are going to be the first generation to leave a much worse world to our progeny.
Actually, I think that Adam and Eve did it too...but that is only IMHO.
Excellent post. It needs wide distribution.