Beam me to Planet Gore !
Posted on 04/30/2008 11:38:58 AM PDT by EPW Comm Team
Senator Inhofe Excerpt: "Despite this gloomy EIA analysis, proponents of Lieberman-Warner are still claiming the bill will not impose economic harm to America. Only in Washington could higher energy prices be characterized as not negatively impacting the U.S. economy. If Democrats have their way, Americans will pay significantly more at the pump, in their homes, and in many cases, with their jobs, all to accomplish an undetectable impact on the climate.
"The question now is which U.S. Senator will dare to stand on the Senate Floor a month from now to vote in favor of significantly increasing the price of gas at the pump?"
http://epw.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Minority.PressReleases&ContentRecord_id=9c37aa20-802a-23ad-44f6-a80aeae48b62&Region_id=&Issue_id= April 29, 2008
EIA’s Analysis of Lieberman-Warner Reveals Massive Economic Pain
WASHINGTON, DC – Sen. James Inhofe (R-Okla.), Ranking Member of the Environment & Public Works Committee, issued the following statement on today's Energy Information Administration (EIA) analysis of the America's Climate Security Act – S. 2191 (Lieberman-Warner) global warming cap-and-trade bill.
"Multiple government and private analyses now clearly show that the bill is wrong for America," Senator Inhofe said. "The EIA analysis projected unacceptable increases in Americans average annual household energy bills up to $325 in 2020 and $723 by 2030. And this does not factor in transportation-related costs. The EIA also found that the Lieberman-Warner bill would lead to higher coal, natural gas and petroleum prices.
"Further, EIA’s gloomy economic analysis is contingent upon the U.S. building more than 2 1/2 times as many new nuclear plants as are currently operating -- an increase so massive and unrealistic as to be fictional. EIA also found Lieberman-Warner would result in up to a 9.5% drop in manufacturing output by 2030.
"Despite this gloomy EIA analysis, proponents of Lieberman-Warner are still claiming the bill will not impose economic harm to America. Only in Washington could higher energy prices be characterized as not negatively impacting the U.S. economy. If Democrats have their way, Americans will pay significantly more at the pump, in their homes, and in many cases, with their jobs, all to accomplish an undetectable impact on the climate.
"The question now is which U.S. Senator will dare to stand on the Senate Floor a month from now to vote in favor of significantly increasing the price of gas at the pump?"
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Background: Both government and private sector analysis have shown the cost of the Lieberman-Warner bill to be extremely painful. See: Inhofe Statement on EPA’s Analysis of Lieberman-Warner; 1.8 MILLION JOBS MAY BE LOST BY 2020, NEW STUDY SAYS; New CBO Study Further Exposes Cap-and-Trade Flaws; NEW ANALYSIS: CARBON MANDATE WOULD HARM CONSUMERS, JOBS AND ECONOMY; CBO Warns that Cap-And-Trade Approach Could Create ‘Windfall' Profits & Harm Poor; EPA Analysis Projects Climate Bill Will Raise Gas Prices 53 Cents Per Gallon;
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That’s MY Senator!!!!
This disaster is called Lieberman-Warner. Get it? Lieberman? Freepers’ favorite democrat.
There, fixed it.
Just how many freepers will now rush to agree with this “stalwart” conservative?
He's an excellent Senator. You have much to be proud of.
He da’ MAN!
Lieberman? McCain's favorite independent.
fixed it further.
Lieberman was all over Florida stumping for McCain.
McCain supports this nonsense entirely.
Doesn’t John McCain also support Golbal Warming?
So won’t he also support this bill?
“It was common in those days, as it is in ours, to identify the Communists as leftist and the Nazis as rightists, as if they stood on opposite ends of the ideological spectrum. But Mises knew differently. They both sported the same ideological pedigree of socialism. “The German and Russian systems of socialism have in common the fact that the government has full control of the means of production. It decides what shall be produced and how. It allots to each individual a share of consumer’s goods for his consumption.”
The difference between the systems, wrote Mises, is that the German pattern “maintains private ownership of the means of production and keeps the appearance of ordinary prices, wages, and markets.” But in fact the government directs production decisions, curbs entrepreneurship and the labor market, and determines wages and interest rates by central authority. “Market exchange,” says Mises, “is only a sham.”
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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2008365/posts
Zell Miller is another one. Just look at his voting record!
Damn. And I’m stuck with Boxer and Feinstein (and Pelosi in the House). I’m so screwed.
Wish he was mine!
Lieberman’s right on ONE issue - the war on terror.
Scientists call on UN Climate Committee to admit they are wrong and renounce Global Warming
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2002545/posts
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The UN’s Climate Committee leadership and policies were today challenged by four scientists, including one Nobel Peace Prize winner, from around the world to admit that CO2 centred Global Warming theories are now disproved by observations and to renounced that theory and associated ‘devastating policies’ which are weakening the world economy and increasing food shortages and destruction of forest across the planet.
Leiberman, Gore's favorite running mate.
now it's really fixed!
Fixed it back. Just because the left wing nut jobs in Connecticut threw him under the bus because he wants to protect Israel doesn't mean that he's changed his voting patterns.
Quick, put this man on the Endangered Species List! This “Republicanis Heroicus” has a big set.
As Patton said at Bastogne:”A man that eloquent must be rescued.”
How long has Inhofe been in the Senate? And he still doesn’t understand that his colleagues don’t give a flying -—— about you and me or about making our lives worse as long as they get more money and more control (and if ther’s more sex in the bargain, all the better.)
This is the ONLY thing most of them care about at all. Period.
He's my favorite since my Senator, Santorum, is gone.
If the Democrats pass this hoax and cause middle class elderly on fixed incomes to choose between eating and heating, they'll just blame Bush and the Republicans for the results anyway. More than likely other than Senator Inhofe and a handful of others, the Republicans and Bush will deserve to be blamed as much as the Democrats if it becomes law.
Got an idea it would be a lot more than that.
to 2020 - 12years.
to 2030 - 22 years.
Since I bought my house 17 years ago, I have seen my fuel oil increase from $500 to $1700 - (and I keep my house cooler than is comfortable and I never use air conditioning ('course, up here, would only need a few days a year) -
That's an average jump of $70+ a year increase or: that would be for 12 years, an increase of $840 (vs $325) and for 22 years, and increase of $1540 (vs $723).
Hellava difference...It will drive me out of my home long before either of those figures...and a lot of other people too. Indeed, this year, I just couldn't buy enough oil and did bartering for wood - burning my wood stove for the worst of the winter. That is not an easy process for a disabled old gramma in her 70's.
Time to demand domestic drilling. We human beings are part of the ecosystem too - we should command at least the importance of a snail darter.
Got an idea it would be a lot more than that.
to 2020 - 12years.
to 2030 - 22 years.
Since I bought my house 17 years ago, I have seen my fuel oil increase from $500 to $1700 - (and I keep my house cooler than is comfortable and I never use air conditioning ('course, up here, would only need a few days a year) -
That's an average jump of $70+ a year increase or: that would be for 12 years, an increase of $840 (vs $325) and for 22 years, and increase of $1540 (vs $723).
Hellava difference...It will drive me out of my home long before either of those figures...and a lot of other people too. Indeed, this year, I just couldn't buy enough oil and did bartering for wood - burning my wood stove for the worst of the winter. That is not an easy process for a disabled old gramma in her 70's.
Time to demand domestic drilling. We human beings are part of the ecosystem too - we should command at least the importance of a snail darter.
I have Senator Inhofe's indcredible take-down of global warming bookmarked - as we all should. He may be the one lone voice of reason left in DC - We need to flood his office with support.
http://newsbusters.org/blogs/noel-sheppard/2007/10/26/sen-inhofe-slams-gore-warm-mongers-historic-two-hour-speech
We're doing it, but opening more domestic offshore areas and ANWR would help reduce the reliance on imports for 60% of our needs. Either way, the remediation of a situation which has deteriorated for decades will take years to bring any relief.
The libs have never had a problem with extremely high energy prices, in fact, they LOVE them. Their only problem with them right now is that "the wrong entities" are actually getting the money... While energy companies are actually making a profit, libs will condemn high energy prices. But it it were government that were getting the "windfall profits," the libs would be (quietly) celebrating.
Mark
I am beginning to think the ony answer for CA is my grandmother's-southern Catholic Republican who died in 1970. She said eventually, for its sins, CA would crumble into the Pacific Ocean. Hollywood, San Fran, etc. ==EVIL!, according to her.
vaudine
Don't see where I said that. However, he has changed his party affiliation, now hasn't he? Which was the crux of my post to begin with. Voting pattern notwithstanding.
Bob, you knew his number long ago!
Good catch there.
The whole former East Bloc is consolidating its close-in resources and courting the Castros, Chavez, Iran, and others in Africa in order to gain energy hegemony, the next phhse of anything bordering a 'cold war'. Energy will be the objective and the weapon in the next global conflict, WWII proved an army (and especially an air force) without fuel is meaningless.
For this reason, it is a great idea to fill and even expand the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, in spite of current prices and market demands. We may well need it sooner than we think.
thanks.........that one was fun
Hi, I’m new here, in fact this is my first post, although I have been reading articles on the site for some time. I live in Rhode Island which is a breeding ground for liberal whack jobs.
The more I see the more sick I get. Does everyone in this country have their heads stuck in the sand like ostriches? If we think gas prices are high right now just wait until this bill gets passed.
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