http://blogs.reuters.com/talesfromthetrail/2009/10/27/the-first-draft-team-obamas-full-court-press-on-climate/ Tracking U.S. politics Wed, 19 Jun 2013 22:23:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 http://blogs.reuters.com/talesfromthetrail/2009/10/27/the-first-draft-team-obamas-full-court-press-on-climate/comment-page-1/#comment-402066 Ed Gerry Tue, 27 Oct 2009 15:18:18 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/frontrow/?p=21559#comment-402066 The proposed Cap and Trade regime is based on a false premise, that CO2 drives climate change. The data do not support this at all. The science is not settled. I would hope the United States would take the lead in getting the science straight first. I'm all for alternate energy development for the purpose of conservation and energy independence, but CO2 is not the problem - it's a plant food. The proposed Cap and Trade regime is based on a false premise, that CO2 drives climate change. The data do not support this at all. The science is not settled. I would hope the United States would take the lead in getting the science straight first. I’m all for alternate energy development for the purpose of conservation and energy independence, but CO2 is not the problem – it’s a plant food.

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