“Cap and Trade” Must be Stopped!

Not
all battles for freedom are lost on the battlefields of war…

The
“Cap and Trade” bill passed the house and now must be stopped in the
Senate.   If it is passed, energy costs in this country will
skyrocket and it will give the government, and the special interests, control
over the emission of CO2.   Your homes will be audited to see if you are using
more than your “fair share”, or perhaps you will be asked to buy carbon credits
from who is someone using less CO2 or burying CO2 in the ground.  Presently some of the least expensive energy
sources involve carbon and, when it is used it, creates CO2.  But this
really is not a problem.  All the carbon
fuels burned in the world each year can raise the CO2 level in the atmosphere
(presently at 385 parts per million) an additional 4 ppm (1%) and
that is without any of it being used by plants or dissolving into the oceans.
The oceans, by the way, have 50 times more CO2 in them than the
atmosphere.  There are many natural sources and uses of CO2.  Though there
are good reasons to be concerned about fuels releasing mercury and perhaps
other compounds such as NOx and Sox, CO2 is not a pollutant and is
necessary for life.

CO2 levels do not control the weather.  We can’t say we know everything
about the weather but the average temperatures and the CO2 levels seem to be
related in that the hotter the overall earth temperature is, the more
CO2 levels rise years later.  In other words global warming
seems to cause CO2 levels to ultimately increase.

Consider the facts brought out by now retired senior NASA climatologist Dr.
Roy Spencer and many others – here, here, and here.

There was a time period from
1940 to 1975 that earth’s temperatures fell and the establishment “experts” were trying to get us alarmed about a coming ice
age.  This can be seen on the front
covers of Newsweek, etc. of that time period.  CO2 levels at the
time were increasing but it didn’t stop the cooling.  Please study the
facts.  Mark Twain once joked that everybody complains about the weather
but no one does anything about it.  Man now has the arrogance to think they can.  But
our CO2  ”efforts”  from 1940 to 1975 didn’t work, the
earth just kept cooling while CO2 kept rising.

We are asking the economy to shoulder extra unnecessary burdens.  It
is like going to west Texas and digging holes and filling them up again. 
It could employ people it is true but how much benefit does society, or they,
really receive from their labor?   However, they will need to be
paid by those who are doing something of value.  In another comparison, we are asking some marathon racers (US) to put on 20 pound
shoes and compete against their fellows, and we don’t know exactly
why they should wear the extra weight.

All created goods, food, transported goods, and creature comforts, such as
heated water and air conditioning, take energy.  If you control energy,
you can control everything.   There is no assurance that wisdom,
science, or common sense will prevail in how this control will be used.  Ultimately it will be made worldwide and it
will all be based on a falsehood.  If the expected weather
modification results are not enough, well, restrictions must be made more
stringent.  Most economically oriented
people cannot fathom that such amazing restrictions and worldwide effort could
be directed toward something where it has not been proven to be necessary,
the solution has not been proven effective, and the solution cannot be
implemented fairly, however this is the case.  When power in high
places distorts science, the economy, and other processes by choosing a
complex system for their deceptions, ignoring or distorting the opposing
results that are contrary to their agenda, and then propagandizing
the people ad infinitum we know the agenda is power, not truth.   
Ultimately it is a battle for freedom.

Please get in the fight and get others involved.  Not all battles for
freedom are lost on the battlefields of war.

 

Kenneth B. Jensen is a father of six mainly grown children, is
active in church service and currently resides in Baytown Texas.   He
has worked over 25 years in petrochemical, energy and engineering
companies. He has degrees in Chemistry and in Physics from Weber State
University, an MBA from BYU and a PhD in Fuels Engineering from
University of Utah.  He has served as a Republican Precinct Chairman,
an Election Judge, and has served for a number of years as a Chapter
Leader for the John Birch Society.   As well as trying to help extend
the gospel and preserve freedom, he enjoys composing songs.