Letter to my Senators

Here is a copy of my letters to my Senators regarding Cap & Trade

Dear Senator Levin & Stabenow,

Senator, I am writing to you about the Cap & Trade bill. As I am sure you are aware, the Cap & Trade bill is ostensibly designed to help reduce man-made global warming. I live in Mancelona, Senator, and yesterday, July 18th, 2009, the temperature at my home did not reach sixty degrees. Please show me the global warming!

I know there is an impression that “science” has concluded that CO2 is causing global warming. I have done my own research on the topic, and this so-called conclusion is based up supposition and computer models. And, Senator, these computer models have not been able to predict current climate, let alone climate over the next 50 to 100 years. More and more scientist are disputing the notion that climate temperatures are being primarily adversely affected by man-made CO2 emissions. In truth the earths temperature has been dropping since 1998, for eleven years while CO2 has continued to climb! The temperature has tracked more exactly with the Sun’s solar cycles. I don’t profess to understand how our climate works, but it is clear that current claims that man-made CO2 is the cause of climate change is a premature and inaccurate guess about man’s impact on climate.

This leads me to conclude that Cap & Trade is more about raising Federal Tax revenue than anything else. It doesn’t matter who collects the tax, it is the average energy user who is going to pay for this 800 plus billion dollar tax increase. This bill is on a fast track, and being crammed down our throats.

Please slow this legislation down and let’s have an honest and realistic discussion about this whole concept. Any attempt to pass this legislation now is an exercise of government tyranny under the guise of trying to protect the planet.

Please Senator, I am all in favor of debate, but this rush to jam this through is not good for Michigan and not good for America.

Sincerely,

Bob Baldwin

For those who really want to seriously look at the amount of information from scientist disputing man-made global warming, check out all the information here: http://www.heartland.org/policybot/results/23406/Scores_of_PeerReviewed_Studies_Contradict_Global_Warming_Alarmism.html

If you're not afraid to look, it will open your eyes.

Bob