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Originally Posted by dellinger63
The subject of this post is Cap and Trade not Global Warming so anyone, explain how taxing everything American while NOTHING foreign will reduce carbon output and not make it worse?
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The problem is we are in a situation where the majority of the oil and natural gas in the world has been consumed by Americans for a long time. China and India are now catching up to where we were 20 years ago and if they follow the same road that we did they will dwarf our level of consumption which in turn will drive up prices, deplete resources, (and if you want to believe, continue global warming). If we were to access all the oil at our disposal and stop importing it would last us less than 5 years. We need to hold onto those strategic resources while we develop alternative energy. As the leaders of the world we can't wait for other people to come up with these solutions. And if we are going to put pressure on China and India to join us in this effort then we sure as hell had better already be setting an example as well as providing potential solutions.
I'm not naive enough to believe that I understand all the intricacies of Cap and Trade to fully understand the strengths and weaknesses of it. What I do believe is that everything I said in the first paragraph is true. If it means the taxpayers are investing in the future then I am willing as a patriotic American to make that investment. If others aren't willing then I can understand their position. I just wish more people could base their decision on what they believe and not on whether John McCain or Barack Obama is pushing the idea.