Posted on 06/26/2009 9:26:05 AM PDT by Maelstorm
Ending his neutrality on a controversial climate bill meant to curb greenhouse gas emissions, Rep. Nick Rahall came out in opposition Thursday on the eve of a planned showdown in the House.
Known as cap and trade, the proposal would compel industries to curtail emissions by 17 percent by 2020, out of concern they contribute to the unproven theory of global warming.
Rahall told The Register-Herald the 17 percent standard was “still too high,” and he wants to see more emphasis on the development of clean coal technologies. In its original draft, the bill specified a 20 percent reduction.
“That’s the bottom line for me in this bill — development of clean coal technologies,” he said.
“Help us lower emissions and reach the goal we all want to achieve, which most importantly is keeping our hard-working coal miners in their jobs and providing power for this great country we all love.”
(Excerpt) Read more at register-herald.com ...
Cap and Trade is really Tax and Control for every aspect of human activity. It will be the final nail in the coffin of American liberty.
For those who are unfamiliar with it, some agency (probably the EPA) will decide how much carbon is going to be created by any activity. For example you have a manufacturing business and each wigit requires x amount of energy, they will tell you how many you can make. If you want to make more, you must buy carbon credits from an exchange. Or since plowing a field results in carbon dioxide being released from the ground, you will need carbon credits for each acre plowed. So a farmer might need 10 credits to plow all his land but only be allocated 5. He needs to then buy more. Or he can plant nothing, and sell his credits on an exchange. In effect they have created a new commodity out of thin air, created a huge new tax, and total government control of everything.
There is also a wealth transfer component of the plan. Supposedly every person who makes less than 30k per year will get a direct cash subsidy from the government, on the proposition that they use less carbon that rich people. That’s how the RATS hope to buy support. Of course people won’t realize how much the increased cost of everything they buy is due to this scheme.
Finally, these exchanges will take a cut from every trade of credits. Those investors are set to make untold billions from this. Among the largest early investors in these exchange businesses is...Al Gore. What a shock.
Thought they already had a test vote and it passed?
They did.
it’s going to the floor for a vote
they will give political cover to Dems in contested seats and pass it with just a few vote majority
not sure about the Senate
I emailed and thanked my rep.
Queen Pelosi has rounded up enough Dims to pass the monstrosity without the votes from from the coal states. That way Rahall and his ilk can plead not guilty when their states go into economic collapse.
I called my Congressman’s office in Bangor and expressed my hope that Rep Michaud would vote against the Cap and Trade bill. I voiced my concern that 300 pages were added to the bill at 2 am this morning.
I have the impression that others were calling as well.
“They did.
it’s going to the floor for a vote
they will give political cover to Dems in contested seats and pass it with just a few vote majority
not sure about the Senate”
This is not good!
>It appears the whole West Virginia Delegation will be voting against this bill. <
As they should. And so should Virginia, who uses a huge amount of WVA coal to produce its energy.
Gotta make sure this documentary makes the rounds... it will be *very effective* for anyone who views it...
It’s one thing to gripe and complain about these things and disagree with it, but it’s quite *another* to convince your friends and neighbors and relatives and coworkers...
THEREFORE..., it’s also absolutely necessary for people to know the information in the following documentary. If there were simply *one* video that you could see and/or show people you know... this would be the *one*...
The following is an *excellent* video documentary on the so-called “Global Warming” I would recommend it to all FReepers. It’s a very well-made documentary.
“The Great Global Warming Swindle”
If you want to download it, via a BitTorrent site (using a BitTorrent client), you can get it at the following link.
http://thepiratebay.org/torrent/3635222/The_Great_Global_Warming_Swindle
[this is a high-quality copy, of about a gigabyte in size...]
It’s worth seeing and having for relatives, friends, neighbors and coworkers to see.
Also, see it online here...
http://www.moviesfoundonline.com/great_global_warming_swindle.php
[this one is considerably lower quality, is a flash video and viewable online, of course...]
Buy it here...
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000WLUXZE
[this one would be the very highest quality version, on a DVD disk, of several gigabytes in size...]
—
Also, in split parts on YouTube...
The Great Global Warming Swindle (Part 1 of 8)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LMA6sszChwQ
The Great Global Warming Swindle (Part 2 of 8)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ERisgJ3QWjk
The Great Global Warming Swindle (Part 3 of 8)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9HLVYwmZoxc
The Great Global Warming Swindle (Part 4 of 8)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jr-AG3BA1Go
The Great Global Warming Swindle (Part 5 of 8)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vbllTsBHuxk
The Great Global Warming Swindle (Part 6 of 8)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KyK7C1OrAAo
The Great Global Warming Swindle (Part 7 of 8)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LrIX8LcAuMQ
The Great Global Warming Swindle (Part 8 of 8)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-ZmCDOZbtM
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