Democrats brace for climate rule fallout

Pollutico ^ | June 1, 2014 11:08 PM EDT | Darren Goode and Andrew Restuccia

[HiTech RedNeck]

And most of the carbon that has ever graced the earth’s atmosphere is now somewhere on the ocean floor anyhow.

[Organic Panic]

Democrats will lie about it. The hits won’t come until after the elections.

[Zhang Fei]

What do you mean, “will”?

Whatever your power bills are today, they will double. You ain't seen nothing yet.

[Zhang Fei]

Sadly, I don't think the average voter will make the connection.

It will stare them in the face every month. Power bills will double. Thousands of dollars a year in additional utility bills per household represent something the GOP can trumpet in every ad in the run-up to the election. You think our power bills are high? Germans pay triple our rates because of similar cockamamie schemes. The difference is that German pols all agree on the need for them. The GOP has been screaming about idiocy of these schemes since way back when. We are talking an Australian-style landslide.

[Blue Collar Christian]

“Sickos destroying America for their fantasies. Note we are the SECOND biggest co2 producer. Even if this global warming nonsense were true, China is increasing co2 so what Obama is doing is meaningless. Pure kookiness.”

What he is doing is deliberate. Significantly increasing the cost of energy and lowering even further the middle class’s buying power. More workers working for marginal income go on the dole, where the government foots their energy bill, which further increases taxes on those still producing products and services, moving them closer to marginal income levels, etc. etc.

[MaxMax]

Fine the countries with active Volcanos. YEA!

[HiTech RedNeck]

If the sheeple stop being sheepish, that is... if they are willing to let Democrats and liberals dictate to them what life is to be like, as though the latter were God, the former deserve the hell they will be sent to (on earth if not in eternity).

[funfan]

Sounds a lot like the Obamacare debacle.

[John S Mosby]

Hillary is in there with the French nuclear power repubs and progressives.

Amazingly, one can see this “pro-nuke” effort oozing to the top in the democrat enviro operatives. Who were, in the 70’s completely opposed to nuclear power (3 mile island, etc. Karen Silkwood,etc... the 70’s radicals). Now all of the sudden I’m hearing rumblings about supporting it. The 3rd way for Hills.

[nathanbedford]

The dubious notions you have to believe if you support EPA regs:

1) that the Earth is undergoing warming, not natural "climate change"but an unnatural transformation.

2) that warming and/or climate change is exclusively caused by actions of mankind, not part of the natural order of the universe as normal as the ice ages, not the product, for example, of solar activity but specifically by CO2 emissions.

3) that global warming and/or climate change can be controlled, eliminated, even reversed, by the actions of men.

4) that global warming/climate change is undesirable rather than beneficial.

5) that both the undesirable consequences of global warming/climate change are universal with no beneficial consequences for anyone.

6) that if there are beneficial consequences to some their interests should be dismissed in favor of the interests of those who are harmed.

7) that the benefits of reversing global warming/climate change warrant the economic cost.

8) that the consequences of global warming/climate change are so severe as to warrant depriving mankind of liberty.

9) that government intervention is necessary to stop climate change/global warming.

10) that the government as an institution is sufficiently apolitical, efficient enough, and not too corrupt an instrument to control climate change/global warming.

11) that international consensus can be achieved that all nations, or at least a sufficient number of nations, will agree to act in concert to halt climate change/global warming.

12) that nations will not act selfishly to gain relative economic advantage by cheating on regulations to control, for example CO2 emissions.

13) that cheating by rogue nations will not render useless sacrifices of conforming nations.

14) that efforts to impose sanctions on rogue nations will be successful or, if failures, will not lead to war.

15) that submission by the United States to international norms to reverse global warming/climate change will not diminish American sovereignty.

16) that loss of American sovereignty, if any, is a small price to pay for reversing climate change/global warming.

17) that regulations necessary to achieve the steps outlined above are constitutional.

[HiTech RedNeck]

Ah, what’s science and reason and law when we can have a good panic???

[maddog55]

What’s the odds any republican getting in the WH would eliminate the EPA? Be pretty simple for the House to stop funding it yet they don’t.

[ScottinVA]

“Obama just killed the Democratic Party’s chances of winning in 2016. Power bills will soar, and the GOP has just gotten its signature issue for Hillary’s run.”

You’re assuming the electorate will reconcile itself to reality. What the regime will do is suggest federal subsidies for those who face higher fuel prices, then successfully castigate the GOP for not going along. Our dumbed-down, low-info masses will lap it right up.

[houeto]

Let me guess. This bombshell is coming to us via Executive Order.

Nope. It comes to us via Supreme Court ruling. How nice. *spit*