From The Colorado Freedom Report:
Doubts About Ritter’s “Climate Action”
“Yesterday Governor Bill Ritter released a press release titled, “Gov. Ritter Releases Climate Action Plan.” But I wonder whether Ritter’s “ambitious call to action” will accomplish much, other than to force Coloradans to spend more money for cars and electric bills. …
“[T]he only way that we could reduce our emissions by ‘80% by 2050,’ assuming that we are not prepared to descend into mass poverty, is to take advantage of yet-to-be-invented technology and/or nuclear power that is able to mass produce cleaner energy that is less expensive than the energy we now use. …
“If there is no technological revolution in energy, then how does Ritter know that the best response is to reduce greenhouse emissions, rather than simply adjust to the slightly warmer temperatures? …
“Ritter’s plan will have essentially no impact on global warming, yet it could prove deeply destructive to the state’s economy. Realistically, the only way that global emissions of greenhouse gases will be dramatically reduced is if productive advances allow the mass production of cleaner, cheaper energy. To facilitate that goal, the best thing that Ritter and all politicians can do is stay out of the way and stop interfering with the economy.”