Posted by
RME KRNL on Thursday, July 09, 2009 9:27:36 AM
[Note 1: The American Clean Energy and Security Act, also called the Waxman-Markey cap-and-trade bill or H.R. 2454, is known to its critics as the clean energy cap-and-tax bill. Herewith, my latest attempt at reason with my U.S. Representative, Gerry Connolly, even though he is a liberal Democrat. I sent similar emails to my two Senators, Jim Webb and Mark Warner, asking that they vote against the legislation in the Senate.]
Dear Representative Connolly:
Despite its euphemistic title, this legislation will not deliver "clean energy" in a timely manner nor increase our "security" by independence from foreign oil. Instead, it will burden especially small businesses, the primary engine of our economy and therefore of our economic recovery, and all Americans with a substantial energy tax at a time when we are in a deep recession, unemployment numbers continue to rise and the Democrats' stimulus plan still has yet to stimulate much of anything. And taken all together, that's not "American." In fact, it's pretty "un-American."
So, (a) it's not very American, (b) it won't deliver clean energy in a timely manner and (c) it won't contribute to our security with any near-term independence from foreign oil. Other than that, I guess it's aptly named "The American Clean Energy and Security Act."
Some measure of foreign oil independence would be gained by opening up our own vast stores of offshore oil, coal, and natural gas, as well as building more nuclear power plants, to sustain us while we develop cleaner sources of energy, like wind and solar, as well as the power distribution grid that will be necessary to deliver that cleaner energy to where it's needed.
I must say your vote for this legislation was predictable -- you've voted the Democrat Party line consistently since becoming a Member of Congress -- but that doesn't make your vote for it any less disappointing.
[Note 2: Have you contacted your U.S. representative or senators about any issue lately? No? Then, you must either be happy with things the way they are, or you're just "too busy" to care, or you're just oblivious to what's going on. Well, no offense intended, but to me, that makes you part of the problem -- just so you know.]