Bob McCarty Writes

The Waxman-Markey cap-and-trade bill will hit consumers of petroleum fuels especially hard by dramatically increasing the costs of goods and services as noted in the graphic at right, according to two groups closely following the legislation.
In a three-page document (pdf) forwarded to me early this afternoon, American Petroleum Institute officials warn that people who use [...]

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On Nov. 3, 2008, a coal industry official told me that “Electricity costs would skyrocket” under President Barack Obama.  Today, more bad news — for both the coal industry and the economy — surfaced.
The global economic slowdown has cast a pall over the mining industry with the vast majority of mining executives saying they expect [...]

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I knew it would happen eventually and, yesterday, it did:  I found my first offer to purchase so-called “carbon credits” had arrived in the mail.
A review of the offer, which arrived in the form of a postcard-size insert inside the envelope carrying my monthly electric bill, left me scratching my head and wondering.
Delivered under the [...]

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The differences between John McCain and Barack Obama are stark, prompting me to offer links to audio and video clips below which combine to serve as the Top 10 Reasons Not to Elect Barack Obama president of the United States:
1. Obama wants to establish a civilian national security force and, in doing so, further enlarge [...]

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As the Senate is poised to vote on the Lieberman-Warner America’s Climate Security Act, a new poll finds an overwhelming majority of Americans oppose the higher energy costs the bill would impose.
The poll, conducted by the National Center for Public Policy Research, found 65% of Americans reject spending even a penny more for gasoline in [...]

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