Beam me to Planet Gore !
Posted on 05/11/2010 5:47:13 PM PDT by jazusamo
We all remember how painful it was when gasoline prices surged past four bucks a gallon a couple years ago. The price is now around $3 a gallon. That steep sum will seem like chump change if global-warming alarmists in Congress have their way.
Long-anticipated climate-change legislation is scheduled to be unveiled in the Senate today. The ostensible purpose is to clean the air by cutting carbon emissions 17 percent below 2005 levels by 2020. If the bill becomes law, though, consumers will get smoked as they are forced to pay more for a fill-up.
Backers of this measure are more beholden to ideology than reality. As scientific data shows the Earth is actually cooling, the only thing heating up is alarmist rhetoric. On Friday, Obama spokesman Robert Gibbs said the president believes "now more than ever is the time to act," indicating White House complicity in the push for higher gas prices. Attempting to impose new burdens on American families struggling in a buckling economy in hopes of mitigating an unproven climate theory says a lot about the O Force's warped priorities.
The bill's sponsors had a hard time getting this one ready for prime time. Sen. John Kerry, Massachusetts Democrat, and Sen. Joe Lieberman, Connecticut independent, planned to introduce their legislation last month but delayed it when co-sponsor Sen. Lindsey Graham, South Carolina Republican, dropped out after Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid decided to advance amnesty for illegal aliens instead.
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Ping!
The purpose of the bill is to take more money out of our wallets for the Liberals to waste.
Ya...if the peons and peasants won’t give it up to Cap n’ Tax...we’ll make them give it up at the pump!!!
ya! Raise my taxes!and eveything else.. I need a nanny
I guess it is Time to put a fresh “Drill Here, Drill Now” sticker on my ‘02 Kia!
I guess it is Time to put a fresh “Drill Here, Drill Now” sticker on my ‘02 Kia!
Better hang on to your wallet, the thieves are on the move again....
Yep, and that nanny is getting bigger and bigger.
Taxes and control.
Nothing says totalitarian like public transportation.
That Kia is going to be worth more than it sold for new if the RATS have their way.
The vote needs to be delayed until November 3rd.
I boosted the mpg of my car.
K&N air filter = +1mpg
Mobil 1 oil = +1mpg
Manual trans. = 10% more efficient
Low restriction muffler = +1-2mpg
Insulated airbox (cools air going into engine) cooler air has more O2 than warm air.
Keep weight down.
50psi performance tires.
This all adds performance too.
I read that cap and trade adds a $1.50 per gallon tax from the federal government as it is wrote now. That would kill any recovery we might be having if overnight gas goes from $3 to $4.50.
We’re going to be due for a new car soon and I don’t have the slightest idea what to look for. I’m not about to buy one of the roller skates but I want something that gets halfway decent mileage. I hate buying cars! :-)
Yep, and that’s outrageous. If it was actually a worldwide emergency it might be different but this is nothing more than a scam.
Call to Arms
The senate will be voting on CO2 Cap and Trade tomorrow 5-12-10
Tell your senators to vote no.
Read about the bill at http://wattsupwiththat.com
Bump! and thanks for the link.
spread the word.
If you can post it.
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