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  • Global Warming's Poor, Huddled Masses

    12/12/2008 6:06:26 PM PST · by Kaslin · 13 replies · 847+ views
    IBD Editorials ^ | December 12, 2008 | DAVID A. RIDENOUR
    Barack Obama doesn't have a mandate for his global warming policies. He doesn't even have a mandate from his most fervent supporters.Last month, President-elect Obama promised to reduce U.S. greenhouse gas emissions to 1990 levels by 2020 — approximately a 16% cut — and then to cut them an additional 80% by 2050. That's a 68% cut from today's levels and would mean trimming U.S. carbon emissions to roughly where they were in 1905. Think about 1905 for a minute. There were just 77,988 registered vehicles in the U.S., compared to over 250 million today — or just one vehicle...