Fight Global Warming For $20 a Year . . .

The Wall Street Journal ^ | October 30, 2003 | JOHN MCCAIN

[OESY]

For too long, the national debate on climate change has been deadlocked. On one side are those calling for deep cuts in greenhouse gas emissions, despite the economic costs. On the other side are many business leaders who have played down the global warming threat, fearing that new regulations will cut their profits and their payrolls. The debate on global warming itself has become overheated with acrimony and polluted by misinformation.

[OESY]

My gut feeling, in the absence of credible evidence of significant effect of human behavior on global climates, we would gain more combatting this "problem" if we launched Senator McCain into space to fight geomagnetic storms. Before he bankrupts too many more companies and kills jobs, is it too late to negotiate with the Vietnamese to declare McCain's work release program ended so this genuine American captive can be returned to the Hanoi Hilton?

[anoldafvet]

Reading this article makes me realize just how dangerous McInsane really is.

[steve8714]

It's nice to have this bill and its costs analyzed by an impartial observer.<sarcasm off

[palmer]

analysts predict that the impact on our nation's GDP would be no more than 0.01%

Even if true, that's about the impact these measures would have on "global warming".

[pabianice]

According to a recent Zogby poll, 75% of 1,200 citizens polled supported requiring major industries to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions.

Really? And just how was this random sample of statistically reliable and mathematically valid responders chosen? From the Sierra Club Membership Directory? What bullshit.

[Semper Paratus]

$20 a day = $7300 a year in return for a third world lifestyle.

They just don't make deals like that anymore.

[Humvee]

Just $20 a year. Sounds like the late night commercials. It could be made more palatable to us all by saying "Only 19.95" a year (plus shipping, handling, and taxes). but wait there's more!!!!!!

[RichGuy]

The response to this artical here surprises me. I think of the Wall Street Journal as the most reasonable of the print media. If this appeared there it must have some validity even if McCain wrote it.

My personal feeling is that it is likely that polution does not have a major effect on global weather. However, I am still anti-polution. I think if a bill can be passed that has a cost cap, rather than an open ended bill calling for some level of change regardless of cost, we should pass it.

[Mike Darancette]

Really?

I'll bet 60% would say that CO2 should be eliminated alltogether.

[Sloth]

Heck, I'm shocked it was only 75%.

[alaskanfan]

I can easily make that $20 by cutting and selling firewood from the nearby National Forest.

[Commiewatcher]

"I think if a bill can be passed that has a cost cap, rather than an open ended bill calling for some level of change regardless of cost, we should pass it."

Cost cap today = open ended tomorrow. I'm sure you've heard the one about the camel's nose...

With proper Senate leadership this thing shouldn't even be on any schedule let alone allow a vote on it. They should be working on confirming those filibustered judicial nominees instead.

[OESY]

I'm sure all America needs is a Potemkin Village of Pollution Police regulating, monitoring, arresting and penalizing all businesses who don't trade their pollution chit credits properly. /sarcasm

Talk about an employment act for trial lawyers!

[sergeantdave]

Manchurian McCain was told - point blank - at a senate hearing on so-called global warming, by America's leading climate expert, that, at most, there would be a 0.7 degree warming over the next 100 years, if any warming at all.

McCain was told the computer models used by the IUCC were flawed, incorrect and full of BS.

He was told that Robert Watson, the Marxist ass pushing globl warming, had a political agenda, and was in the pay of assorted Marxists.

I can only conclude that McCain himself has a Marxist agenda.

[OESY]

If you thought Enron played games with energy contracts and futures, wait till you see what can be done with pollution credits. Too chitty to even contemplate!

[Libertarianize the GOP]

ping

[Rockitz]

ditto!

[presidio9]

I think of the Wall Street Journal as the most reasonable of the print media. If this appeared there it must have some validity

Think so, huh? I guess you missed this little gem that appeared accross the page from McCain's wisdom.

[On the Road to Serfdom]

I think of the Wall Street Journal as the most reasonable of the print media. If this appeared there it must have some validity even if McCain wrote it.

It is and an editorial. The Credibility of the WSJ has nothing to do with the validity of this editorial. The WSJ often present alternate views for balance, that does not mean the WSJ endorses it in any way.

[farmfriend]

Rights, farms, environment ping.

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