Mitch versus Fact, again

Mitch McConnell released a statement this week warning my fellow Kentuckians about how the proposed energy bill will ruin our livelihoods. One of Mitch's largest campaign contributors is Peabody coal. Any chance these two facts are related? "We'll pay more at the pump for gas and more for keeping the lights on if it passes," he says. That is true, because any sensibly energy bill will

1. account for the economic cost of carbon emissions (there is one)
2. promote energy efficiency (because the current growth in US energy consumption is unsustainable)
3. make us less dependent on oil. we use 19M barrels a day, and we import 12M (63%) of those. Anyone who thinks we can simply stop importing and triple domestic production, is stupid (and wrong).
   

“It’s American troops whose lives are endangered because we’re dependent on oil companies in countries that hate us. It’s American consumers who are tired not just of prices at the pump that soar each summer, but sick and tired of our oil dependency that makes Iran $100 million richer every day that Washington fails to respond.” guess who? I'll bet you agree with the sentiment, and you may be surprised to learn the quote is from John Kerry.

We can't stop using coal either, but we can make it more attractive to get our electricity from other sources. The problem is that the coal (and railroad) lobby in this country are ridiculously powerful. They want you to think your energy bills will skyrocket if we implement a cap and trade system, which is just ridiculous. They're simply protecting the status quo and trying to scare people, and shame on Mitch McConnell for joining them. Ask a Kentucky miner to show you some "clean" coal.