Seems to me like the educated and informed know this bill will create jobs and help our enviroment. Its a win win situation. Jobs.. we need jobs.

Try this: http://www.middlebury.net/op-ed/global-warming-01.html

Is there a link for the information you posted?

Look, get over the climate change debate. Look at the economics of it. The future is in renewable resources that come from the sky and sun, not underground fossils from ancient history.

Robert Kennedy, Jr., foreword from The Green Collar Economy by Van Jones:

“Today we don’t need to abolish carbon as an energy source in order to see its inefficiencies starkly or understand that the addiction to it is the principal drag on American capitalism. The evidence is before our eyes. The practice of borrowing a billion dollars each day to buy foreign oil has caused the American dollar to implode. More than a trillion dollars in annual subsidies to coal and oil producers has beggared a nation that four decades ago owned half the globe’s wealth. Carbon dependence has eroded our economic power, destroyed our moral authority, diminished our international influence and prestige, and damaged our health and landscapes. It is subverting everything we value.”

You are right.. we must fight for this bill with everything we have.

Don’t you realize the opposition is just creating doomsday estimates and throwing numbers out there created by big coal and big oil industries. I’m done with being at the mercy of the middle east.

you are wrong. the bill is about creating jobs…. we need jobs … we need manufacturing and construction jobs here in the USA ..

It is not about a new taxation scheme, cap and trade would solve two problems. It would help create jobs in the USA and help cut pollution.

Yes I said climate change is real but I am referring to the climate change right now. It has always changed and always will change, but it is changing now faster than ever, and at a dangerous and unpredictable speed. Scientists have compared models of past climate change’s to the one today, and even though the Earth has experienced dry spells, warmings, and ice ages, it has never seen climactic changes this rapidly. Hmmm – could the reason be at least partially because of anthropogenic forces? Climate experts say so…

Wow. Can’t believe that the climate change debate is happening on the boards of a good website like this. Climate change denial is a thing of the past, people. I mean I can present you with evidence even though I know none of you will read it. Download the report by the U.S. Global Change panel – http://www.globalchange.gov/publications/reports/scientific-assessments/us-impacts/download-the-report

Yes contact your reps in support of this bill.

it would create jobs in the sustainable energy sector and be good for our enviroment… its a win win situation.

ummmm this has already happened… job losses in the millions…i do think we have hit bottom.. this cap and trade bill will help us rise back to the top.

Geesh more fear mongering I see… It only appears like Russia is controlling the heat because in many European and Russian cities they have not updated their plumbing and mechanical systems. Some old cities still have a local coal plant that provides hot water heat to the whole city via a network of underground pipes. Those are very old systems and costly to replace. They did not have hot water heaters in the old days. Those are old existing systems and need updating… its not about controlling the people.

The idea of it being related to destruction is called fear mongering. Cap and trade will help create jobs and be of benefit to our environment and future generations.

A Wall Street Journal blogger has an article on this bill – the benefits of the bill will far outweigh the costs.

http://blogs.wsj.com/environmentalcapital/2009/09/08/waxman-markey-benefits-far-outweigh-costs-new-study-finds/

Don’t worry; when we stop paying out over a trillion each year in oil and coal subsidies and put them into clean energy, you will pay very little for energy. Eventually you may make money off of energy you generate yourself with your own solar panels, when those become cheap and available, which you can then charge back to the smart electric grid. Trust me, you’re on the up, and the future is bright.

this bill will create jobs… it will create wealth for the USA.

By the way, to everyone who is decrying energy price hikes and increased taxes: oil and coal are cheap is because of government subsidies. Move our investments to renewables and they will be cheap. And they will get much cheaper. Imagine having a series of solar panels on your roof that will actually generate money over time. We have the technology, we have the ability, let’s get to work!

The moral is, you’re going to pay for energy either way. Would you rather continue down a path from cheap to extremely expensive? Or a path from cheap to cheaper to virtually costless? Think about it.

please do let us know what you find about coal methane as energy alternative.

why?

where is your proof? do you have scientific evidence?

r u trying to be funny?

There is already VERY little manufacturing here in the USA! I was one of the unemployed for a year!! The scenario you are painting has already happened. American jobs have already been exported… how many million unemployed do we already have? so please stop with your fear mongering about cap and trade. I believe the $3100 a year being quoted is also a mistake some GOP supporter made in an excel spreadsheet.

Climate change is not a scam. I’m sure you’ve heard of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). It was created in 1988 to analyze the potential impacts of the then new emerging phenomenon named “climate change”. It is composed of 1,000s of world renowned scientists who are climate experts, who every few years publish reports on the changing climate. After comprehensive scientific research over the last two decades, they have repeatedly concluded that not only is climate change real and present, but nowadays it is mostly caused by humans. Sure, they only may be 95 or 99% sure, but coming from scientific experts that’s good enough for me. As someone who promotes clean energy, I suggest you do some more reading on the subject.

Oh please, the comments on this bill are generally the expressions of a bunch of losers who failed to check the results of the last national election. Sorry folks, but sustainable living is the new order of the day. You people who are pitching coal, gas—heck, carbon in general—are a dying breed. Stop complaining and re-order your tired thinking. Here’s the latest news flash: as the polar temperature extremes moderate due to, yes..gasp…GLOBAL WARMING…wind itself, and it’s ability to generate power, is apparently the latest victim. Oil is dead. Coal is dead. So is the Republican party. Get over it.

20 cents a day is an extremely low figure for most articles I have read. This will put a burden on businesses in this country resulting in some closing their doors. This will be a burden on the American people who cannot afford another bill from Washington which is not cost effective for the expected results. Lastily, climate change on earth has existed as long as earth has. This is a normal process that cannot be stopped by humans. The change in this bill will be minimal to the scope of the climate changes that occur. The increase costs to American could be devasting. In Tennesse we have seen a very mild summer and winter is expected to be the same.

that is excellent news for our educational institutions!:-)

I do agree that those associated with the Republican party do appear as Elitists.

Geesh.. there is no hideen catch… and construction of new low and zero carbon power plants would provide jobs… yes jobs… we need jobs…we need construction jobs. construction is what stimulates our economy…and jobs would help get us out of this economic mess.

No wonder he said all that… he is a Republican.