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The Climate Security Act: Reject this nonsense
The giant smack delivered by the Law of Unintended Consequences in this nation's rush to embrace ethanol really smarted. Not only has it contributed to higher food prices domestically, it also has played a significant role in a world food shortage -- something the Bush administration now is desperately trying to spin. But as the saying goes, you likely ain't seen nothin' yet. Just wait until Congress passes something misleadingly called the Climate Security Act.

The idea behind the bill is to reduce carbon dioxide, supposedly one of the major "greenhouse gases" that are, again supposedly, leading to a dire warming of our planet. Never mind that the "settled science" of global warming hardly is -- and never mind the scientific evidence of cooling -- the Climate Security Act stands to do serious, if not irreparable, harm to an already struggling economy.

Concludes an in-depth analysis by The Heritage Foundation:
• The act "represents an extraordinary level of economic interference by the federal government."

• It "promises extraordinary perils for the American economy."

• "Arbitrary restrictions predicated on multiple, untested and underdeveloped technologies will lead to severe restrictions on energy use and large increases in energy costs."

• Special interests have wealth transferred to them at the cost of the energy-using public.
The Climate Security Act is the definition of a crock. It's an ill-defined solution to a "problem" that's dubious to begin with. Congress must reject such nonsense. Congress must serve reason.
Posted by: Fred 2008-05-25
http://www.rantburg.com/poparticle.php?ID=239908