The Green Depression

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John Kerry, the former junior senator from Massachusetts who by the way served
in Vietnam, is leading the effort in the Senate to pass Cap'n Trade, a measure
to combat so-called global warming by imposing massive taxes on energy.
Blogger Dan Calabrese notes a revealing Kerry quote from last week:

Let me emphasize something very strongly as we begin this
discussion. The United States has already this year alone
achieved a 6% reduction in emissions simply because of the
downturn in the economy, so we are effectively saying we
need to go another 14%.

Wow. To accomplish Kerry's environmental goals, all we need to do is shrink
the economy even more and keep it shrunken--in other words, for the recession
to turn into a permanent depression. If you think that's a good idea, call
your senator and urge him to vote "yes" on Cap'n Trade!

--
"Nobody is interested in solutions if they don't think there's a problem.
Given that starting point, I believe it is appropriate to have an
overrepresentation of factual presentations on how dangerous it is, as a
predicate for opening up the audience to listen to what the solutions are, and
how hopeful it is that we are going to solve this crisis."
-- Al Gore acknowledges exaggerating the dangers of "global warming"