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Originally Posted by cologal
Why is it BIG issue with the reading of the bills....how high on the talking points?
What can I do about the bill? My rep voted against it. But of course I didn't vote for him. How many Repub bills were passed in much the same manner when they were in charge....just how many did you speak out about?
So if you want a change in my original statement then just add the word some. Like this:
"The Cap and Trade only reverses some the damage that was done by the Bush administration."
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I realize that you are not big on facts. However, let me provide you with a few of them.
(1) The United States is not the largest man made emitter of CO2 in the world - that honor belongs to China.
(2) The US total emissions will be surpassed by first India and then Sub Saharan Africa over the next two decades.
(3) China, India and all African nations will not be a part of cap and trade except to trade their unused carbon sinks for cash from the Western World.
(4) The United States is a net carbon sink because of our extensive forests.
(5) Obama does intend to keep his promise of having utility rates 'skyrocket.' How much is as yet unknown - estimates vary from a few hundred to $3,600 per household per year (on the average). Perhaps you can afford that, but I know a number of families in this area who cannot.
(6) Global temperatures have been falling since 1998 - a period of ten years now. 2009 promises to keep the trend going.
(7) Of the approximately 180,000,000 tons of CO2 released into the atmosphere each year, only 6.000.000 tons is accounted for by human activity. The rest comes from the oceans, decaying plant life, etc.
Please tell me the facts that show that global climate change is caused by anthropogenic CO2 and how that, in particular, ties into the Bush administration. Facts please, not meaning assertions stating, "...the overwhelming scientific consensus is ........" Facts with real numbers put up by real scientists.