Great show Chaim!
I'm not so sure I would have voted for this climate bill however.
This bill has little to do with relieving dependence on foreign oil. It has much more to do with creating a new tax on the American people and American industry that will suffocate and already teetering economy. This is about the Feds regulating almost every aspect of our lives. They tried this sort of cap and trade scheme in Spain and it ruined their economy.
That's what Obama wants to do. He's using this to destroy America and that's what this bill will help do. So whatever slight decrease in use of Arab oil that is accomplished is far outweighed by the fact that Obama, Al Gore and co. are given so much control over our lives and our industries it's downright tyrannical. The entire thing is a complete scam. It would be like me coming along and taxing all of you for the right to breathe air. I have no right to do that. Air doesn't belong to the governement...and neither does carbon. They have no right to force us to pay them to have a "right" to emit carbon...a natural byproduct of almost any productive manufacturing.
If they wanted to help this country they should do what you suggested years ago...offer tax BREAKS to those who use solar power etc.
Taxing all carbon emissions (an essential part of our life cycle) is an Orwellian and disgusting concept that I think one day we'll all regret very greatly when you see the damage it will do to economy and the basic freedoms you'll lose.
For instance, they've added to that bill California's housing regulations. They are overriding local housing organizations and the Feds will no dictate how energy is used in your own home. If this sort of thing can go on then America has almost completely lost it's last vestiges of freedom.