[FreedomPoster]

Lawmakers in states with significant electrical generation via coal-fired powerplants had better be raising Cain as well. This is a real economy-killing issue. Most people, even those here at Free Republic, don’t realize how bad this might be.

[palmer]

Remaining industry in the midwest (e.g. NW Illinois) have been shuttered due to high electricity prices. Can't compete with China which burns over half the world's coal (and rising). Once interesting result is by moving industry to China we create more CO2 because their economy is so inefficient (3.5 times the energy per unit of product).

Part of this BS is while http://www.clickgreen.org.uk/news/international-news/124741-european-union-reports-lowest-greenhouse-gas-emissions-on-record.html those same Euros profit from their coal and energy intensive investments in China. They basically decided to play the "trash the other country and look clean" game many years ago. I am sure there are plenty of Obama donors who are competing against our domestic industry and would like to see it further hobbled.