That will cost money they will pass that money on to the consumers. You can already see what the arguments are going to be during the general election. People will say Obama and Al Gore these folks...they're going to destroy the economy.
This is going to cost us 8 trillion dollars or whatever their number is. If you cant persuade the American people that, yes, there is going to be some increase on electricity rates on the front end, but that over the long term, because of combinations of more efficient energy usage and changing light bulbs and more efficient appliances, but also technology improving how we can produce clean energy that the economy will benefit. "
But Barry O said during the campaign that his cap and trade policies would cause the price of electricity to necessarily “skyrocket.”