Another Prius Please?

The liberal agenda continues to be shoved down the throats of Americans...

Washington is now pushing higher gas mileage standards on automobiles and cap and trade on emissions. From the initial sound bites on the evening news its sounds okay. But the real truth is a lot darker.

Automobile gasoline standards are being raised to levels that mean most people will have to drive a Prius (unless you are politician who gets a chauffeur!). Not only will automobiles cost more, it will lead to more highway deaths. It is common sense that smaller, lighter cars are not as safe as the current ones we drive. But who cares about the safety of people, we need to save that extra gallon of gas.

The concept of cap trade means putting limits on emissions and "selling" rights to exceed them. This is basically another tax at the end of the day.

For our economy, it means more inflation as companies pass these costs to consumers. It will also mean more jobs will be shipped overseas where standards will not as strict (or as expensive). The Heritage Foundation estimates that this will:

• raise electricity rates 90 percent after adjusting for inflation
• raise inflation-adjusted gasoline prices by 74 percent
• raise residential natural gas prices by 55 percent
• raise an average family's annual energy bill by $1,500
• increase inflation-adjusted federal debt by 26 percent, or $29,150 additional federal debt per person, again after adjusting for inflation.

I agree that we should not be sending money to middle eastern countries (and one South American) that do not like the U.S. is appalling but there are other ways to meet the energy needs of the U.S.:

• expand the drilling in the U.S. - There is plenty of oil in Alaska and offshore
• build more nuclear plants - it is a nearly limitless, clean source of electricity
• quite wasting gas from oil fields and dumps by simpling burning it - use it for energy. In Fort Pierce, the landfill has 4 or 5 gas exhaust stacks that are just burning it off
• use other innovative means like using the wind and tides to create electricity

At the end of the day, we will probably never be able to replace combustion engines. What could power airplanes or rockets leaving earth?

I also doubt that it will really help global warming (if you really beleive it...). Scientists are now saying that we are entering into a cooling period over the next several decades. So do we need to take such a radical approach?

The bottom line is that liberals are trying to control Americans and expand their own agendas.