They myth that is man made global warming.

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The Fury said:

 

I can see you are against this legislation but I can't work out if you are generally against making this world a better place? Whether or not you believe man's influence on climate change is real, surely any change to reduce pollution around the world (or at least in one of the most polluting countries of the world) is something that is only good, wether or not it changes anything.

Except we are not talking about pollution, we are talking about carbon dioxide.  You know, the stuff you breathe out, the stuff plants use for food?  That fact is not going to change no matter how many times Obama prattles on in an unbelievably ignorant or disingenuous manner about "dangerous carbon emissions" (that's a direct quote).  Did you know it's been estimated that our crop yields are 17% greater due to increasing concentrations of CO2 in the atmosphere?  Fascinating, no?  Ever wonder why they pump concentrated CO2 into greenhouses?

Also, what you write about "what harm could it do to reduce CO2 emissions?" is something many people mistakenly fall for.  The answer is "a lot of harm will be done."  Why?  How many people do you think die from cold or no A/C around the world in a year?  How many would die when electricity is twice as expensive, do you think?  How many people can't afford food now?  How many won't be able to afford food when the price doubles because the energy it takes to produce the food and transport it is twice as expensive?  Believe it, people will DIE if we do things like Waxman-Markey.  And they won't be that Wall Street investment banker that just got a $100,000 bonus because the government bailed out his company so it's still in business, it'll be the poor person who can't afford heating, medicine and food on a meager paycheck in future winters.