Posted on 10/12/2009 6:16:18 PM PDT by Kaslin
Public Discourse: Our energy secretary applauds and encourages companies to leave the U.S. Chamber of Commerce over its position on climate change. Should any Cabinet secretary, with the powers of government behind him, be threatening U.S. companies?
Part of the climate-change mantra is that the debate is over and the science is settled. Just to make sure, environmental groups have sought to pressure businesses to go green or at least keep silent. Now it would appear the whole weight of the federal government is being thrown behind this campaign to coerce and silence real and potential opposition.
On Thursday, Steven Chu, President Obama's energy secretary, told attendees at a solar power event on the National Mall that it's "wonderful" to see companies like Exelon, Apple and Pacific Gas & Electric leave the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
The chamber is a pro-capitalism, pro-free-enterprise association of businesses that has fought against climate treaties like Kyoto and legislation such as Waxman-Markey as futile efforts not founded in science that are economically damaging and recipes for global poverty.
"I think it's wonderful," Chu told reporters at the event. He said that companies that left the 3-million-member chamber objected to "foot-dragging" and "denials" and realize that efforts to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases are "part of our economic future in the United States."
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The spreading around of wealth will be followed by the spreading around of misery.
After brainwashing at school they come home and unplug an idle cell phone charger (0.03 watts spec, actual is essentially zero), then pop on the big TV and xbox or the 500 watt gaming PC. My godson turned on the A/C the other night, although it was in the 40's outside, the space heater/computer in his BR must have been a little too warm.
As I said on another thread, Chu’s choo-choo has gone chugging round the bend, politically speaking. The CoC is our natural ally (apart from their support of amnesty), not The Enemy Of Progress (TM).
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