The Commerce Department is running away from Secretary of Commerce Gary Locke’s statement this past weekend in China. While there, the Wall Street Journal reports, Locke said the United States should pay for China’s carbon emissions.
In his own words, Locke said:
“It’s important that those who consume the products being made all around the world to the benefit of America — and it’s our own consumption activity that’s causing the emission of greenhouse gases, then quite frankly Americans need to pay for that.”
In other words, China would have to do no carbon emission offsets. American consumers instead would cover the costs because China is making products for us.
That was Locke in his own words. We don’t always articulate what we mean. None of us do. Sometimes we say things we don’t mean. The problem for Locke is that the idea is gaining steam among prominent global warming priests that the administration pays attention to.
Not willing to let Locke’s comment become a distraction, his office later put a smoke screen around his comments, telling the Wall Street Journal
“Secretary Locke has been very clear on emphasizing the importance of fair trade as a part of the United States’ relationship with China. He believes U.S. companies should not be disadvantaged by Chinese imports not bound by responsible policies to reduce carbon emissions. China and the US must work together to ensure a level playing field and reduce our carbon footprints. The Secretary’s trip to China demonstrated his commitment to fair trade and his belief that both the United States and China can benefit from shared investments and cooperation in clean energy that will lead to commercial and environmental benefits for both countries.”
Of course, they did not actually deny that Gary Locke said what he said and meant what he meant.
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Did Obama hire anybody who doesn't end up eating their words?
NeoKong (Diary) Monday, July 20th at 10:47PM EST (link)It usually happens right after they speak what is truly their real agenda.
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Please, Obama Admin! ADOPT THIS POLICY!!!
IJB Monday, July 20th at 11:03PM EST (link)You want to see another 65%-35% Presidential election blowout?!
All you’ll need to see one in 2012 is for the Obama Admin. to adopt a policy that the U.S. should pay for China & India to reduce their carbon emissions!!
Yeah, *that* will go over like a LEAD BALLOON.
(Or even a balloon made out of neutron star matter!)
Even with suburban Lefties…
And Locke is the reason way
oklahomajon Monday, July 20th at 11:06PM EST (link)And Locke is reason why the whole world is in stiches laughing and guess you include our pal Hillary iin that cast of charters after todays offical apolgy
I'm sick of the incompetent administration obama has hired
bobojake (Diary) Monday, July 20th at 11:16PM EST (link)They and obama does not represent the taxpayers/voters/citizens. Its time to stand up. NO MORE SPENDING, KILL KENNEDY-OBAMA HEALTHCARE NOW.
I live in AR
DerKrieger (Diary) Monday, July 20th at 11:24PM EST (link)And it’s been no higher than 85 the last four days. Was in the 50′s early Sat morning.
“In questions of power, let no more be heard of confidence in man, but bind him down from mischief by the chains of the Constitution.” – Thomas Jefferson
“I cannot undertake to lay my finger on that article of the Constitution which granted a right to Congress of expending, on objects of benevolence, the money of their constituents.” – James Madison
Whenever the legislators endeavor to take away and destroy the property of the people, or to reduce them to slavery under arbitrary power, they put themselves into a state of war with the people, who are thereupon absolved from any further obedience.” — John Locke, 1690
Let's be honest here
Brian Simpson (Diary) Tuesday, July 21st at 12:19AM EST (link)Whether or not the Obama administration had this as the intended result of legislation, it is what will happen anyway.
If you pass strict caps on carbon internationally, the people who consume will foot the bill (they always do). Since the US is a large consumer nation, we get stuck with a large portion of the bill.
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Locke is Chinese,...umm..., descent.
DoppioLover Tuesday, July 21st at 2:19AM EST (link)Locke is where he is all because of Chinese money. So, it is only natural that he is now willing to pay back to his mother country.
Any explanation how this makes sense?
Ben White (Diary) Tuesday, July 21st at 3:33AM EST (link)So the US pays for China’s carbon emissions. How does that lead to lower carbon emissions? If the US is paying, what’s China’s incentive supposed to be?
Locke’s comment exposes what cap & trade and much of the rest of environmentalism really is: punishment. The US needs to be punished for our eco-sins and for every other grievance the leftist America-haters have. Thanks, Mr. Locke, for finally pulling back the veil on this.
And in perhaps related news...
bk (Diary) Tuesday, July 21st at 3:51AM EST (link)Ellen Moran is leaving her job as White House Communications Director to become Locke’s Chief of Staff. So the problem isn’t that Locke is an idiot – it’s that he needs a better spinmeister.
The obama administraion cabinet has a lot of kooks
Richard Mullins (Diary) Tuesday, July 21st at 6:55AM EST (link)Robert Gates might be the only sane member of this cabinet that he has. The rest are nuts.
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