MasterResource runs the numbers – and exposes the outright fraud of the Waxman-Markey climate change legislation. It simply does nothing but burden Americans with huge expenses for energy – the “climate Change” it will avert is noise on the system, not any real savings.
By the year 2050, the Waxman-Markey Climate Bill would result in a global temperature “savings” of about 0.05ºC regardless of the IPCC scenario used-this is equivalent to about 2 years’ worth of warming. By the year 2100, the emissions pathways become clearly distinguishable, and so to do the impacts of Waxman-Markey. Assuming the IPCC mid-range scenario (A1B) Waxman-Markey would result in a projected temperature rise of 2.847ºC, instead of 2.959ºC rise- a mere 0.112ºC temperature “savings.” Under the IPCC’s high-emissions scenario, instead of a projected rise of 4.414ºC, Waxman-Markey limits the rise to 4.219ºC-a “savings” of 0.195ºC. In either case, this works out to about 5 years’ worth of warming. In other words, a full implementation and adherence to the emissions restrictions provisions described by the Waxman-Markey Climate Bill would result only in setting back the projected rise in global temperatures by a few years-a scientifically meaningless prospect. (Note: I present the results to three significant digits, not that they are that precise when it comes to the real world, but just so that you can tell the results apart).
Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain.
As regular readers know, I work in the energy field and have for many years. I know what kind of green smoke is being blown by the advocates of renewables. I know how much damage is being done in the name of “green” energy.
There are real solutions to energy, using time-proven methods available with today’s technology. It is called a closed cycle nuclear program.
It is not wind power that is available only 30% of the time. It is not solar energy which is generally available even less. It is most certainly not rapacious government programs designed to drive energy costs into the stratosphere. (And line government pockets and the pockets of “green” investors like Al Gore.)
America got where it is today primarily because of cheap energy that allowed it to develop even better technologies.
A meaningless carbon reduction program with ridiculous “savings” in carbon emissions at brutally high cost to America is not the answer.
If markey is involved (well, actually any politician from massachusetts)check to see how he is going to make money from this.
Brutally high cost to America is a Democratic Party standard. Sometimes I think they believe they can get a fiancially even playing field (everyone equal or in the same range as they claim is their goal) by simply making sure everyone is equally poor – except themselves, of course.