Here is a letter I am sending to my congressman about “THE CHANGE” we will pay for as it relates to Clean Fuel / Green Energy Policy.
Welcome to the land of BIG Government and Big Brother all over you. How do you like this “change”? It is all carefully veiled in various bills set out to CHANGE and HELP us. Careful.
> You will soon be voting
> on the American Clean Energy and Security Act
> of 2009, otherwise known as the
> Waxman-Markey cap-and-trade bill. I
> urge you to oppose this bill and
> the dramatic increases in energy costs
> and the government’s control over my
> daily life that it would impose!
>
> This cap-and-trade plan aims to limit
> greenhouse gas emissions, but
> I’ve read that even with the 83 percent
> reduction in such emissions
> envisioned by 2050, we will achieve just two
> years of avoided global
> warming.
>
> What this plan really will do is
> place severe regulatory burdens on
> domestic industry that will ultimately
> drive up the prices I pay for
> electricity, gasoline, natural gas, and
> virtually every product I
> purchase that uses fossil fuels in its manufacture
> or transportation.
>
> The Heritage Foundation has estimated this
> cap-and-trade tax could
> increase my family’s energy bill by $1,500
> annually!
>
> What’s more, the Waxman-Markey bill will hit me not
> only as a
> consumer,
> but as a taxpayer, as it significantly grows the size and
> cost
> of
> government. By requiring the Environmental Protection
> Agency
> to
> establish a greenhouse gas (GHG) registry, create a GHG
> emission
> allowance transfer system, and set emission allowances from
>
> 2012-2050,
> this cap-and-trade scheme empowers bureaucrats to dictate
> virtually
> every aspect of commercial and individual energy
> use.
> It also opens
> the door to the potential for political manipulation and
> corruption.
>
> I see very little environmental pay-off for the enormous
> costs this
> bill will impose on my family, American businesses, and our
>
> economy.
> Again, I urge you to reject the Waxman-Markey cap-and-trade
>
> bill.