Cap and Trade. It passed the Congress and will be heading for the Senate. I am proud to say that my Congressman, Marion Berry (D) Arkansas, voted against the bill. Standing with 43 other Democrats in opposition to the will of Nancy Pelosi. Thanks Congressman Berry!
After the bill passed the House, I started calling and emailing my Senators, Lincoln and Pryor, to get their positions on this proposal. One of Lincoln’s staffers called me a couple of days after I emailed her to get my position as Senator has not made up her mind on the issue yet. Funny how they can take so long to make up their mind when that is what we are paying them for, to be on top of these issues, but I digress.
Senator Pryor elected to email me a response to my queries which I am posting here
Dear Mr. Albers,
Thank you for contacting me regarding climate change legislation. I appreciate hearing from you and learning your perspective on this issue.
For the past five years I have met with concerned citizens, business leaders, environmental groups and members of the agricultural community from Arkansas and across the nation. These constituents and organizations have made it clear that appropriate climate change legislation must strike the difficult balance of reducing harmful emissions without constraining economic growth. The abundance of legislative proposals in Congress illustrates the many approaches people believe to be the best way to achieve this common good. These approaches include creating a “cap and trade” system to limit nationwide emissions, providing tax incentives for developing and deploying technologies that decrease greenhouse gases, and promoting alternative fuel and energy sources.
Building upon the initiatives already created by Congress, I believe that we stand poised to take significant strides to moderate the effects of climate change. A successful strategy will require the development of new technology to reduce and capture emissions, provide for greater energy efficiencies, and avoid unnecessary energy expenditures. Additionally, I believe alternative fuels and renewable energy sources, such as wind and solar power, will aide in reducing greenhouse gas emissions. These alternative technologies, fuels, and energy sources also have the potential to break our dependence on foreign oil while creating economic opportunities for individuals and businesses as America moves to a cleaner and healthier environment. I will work diligently to address this issue and will be sure to keep your thoughts in mind as the climate change debate continues in the Senate.
Again, thank you for contacting me. I value your input. Please do not hesitate to contact me or my office regarding this or any other matter of concern to you.
Sincerely,
Mark Pryor
United States Senate
I am personally very disappointed in Senator Pryor. He has evidently succumbed to the junk science that is global warming. It is sad to realize that the people we have elected to office so often legislate for the sake of legislating, even when it would be best to just not do anything.
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Cap and Trade is another form of trade protectionism. It is an excuse to place trade barriers and tariffs on imports from other countries by calling their products environmentally “dirty”. China and India will have no choice but to join the Cap&Trade scheme because if they don’t they won’t be allowed to play in our sandbox.
Even if the USA does not pass the Cap&Trade bill in the Senate, China and India will still be forced to do so because the EU has C&T, and the Euros will hit them with carbon tariffs. Eventually all trading nations, including the USA will be forced to adopt Cap&Trade whether they want it or not. So we either do it now under the false pretext of saving the planet, or we do it later under the truth of simply dodging trade barriers. Either way, China, India and the USA will have Cap&Trade.
And that is my arrogant opinion.
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