Recently, the Trump administration repealed an EPA rule designating carbon dioxide as a pollutant - yes, CO2, that essential gas without which plant life would not be possible, and neither would any other life. That was a perfectly ridiculous and nonsensical rule, put in place to appease the vocal climate scolds. Now it's gone, the burden it placed on American industry is gone, and now the climate and energy industry experts are weighing in with praise.
Climate and energy experts have praised President Donald Trump’s recent elimination of former President Barack Obama’s Endangerment Finding, with several noting the freedom the action will bring to the auto industry and others stating this is only a beginning step.
American Energy Institute CEO Jason Isaac told The Center Square that repealing the Endangerment Finding “for mobile sources is a necessary first step toward correcting course, restoring the Clean Air Act to its proper role, and putting reliable, affordable energy back at the center of federal policy.”
Isaac told The Center Square how “President Obama once said that under his energy policies, electricity prices would ‘necessarily skyrocket.’”
“For many American families and small businesses, that prediction proved accurate,” Isaac said.
Of course it did; it laid a huge regulatory load on already-rising Obama-era energy costs. President Obama himself, while in office, noted that his policies would make electricity rates "necessarily skyrocket," under his policies, including this one, and that proved to be one of the few accurate statements he ever made.
There's more:
President of the Committee for a Constructive Tomorrow Craig Rucker said in a statement to The Center Square that “at its core, the Endangerment Finding defies basic science and common sense.”
“CO2, the odorless, colorless, gas you just exhaled, is essential to life,” Rucker said. “It is what plants rely on for photosynthesis to produce oxygen and food.”
“We are all made of that carbon,” Rucker stated; thus, labeling CO2 “a ‘pollutant’ is absurd, akin to declaring water vapor a threat.”
And:
President of Truth in Energy & Climate Frank Lasee said in a statement to The Center Square that the EPA’s move is “a clear win for buyers everywhere.”
“This action liberates the auto industry from burdensome emission restrictions and money-losing electric vehicle mandates, allowing manufacturers to build the cars and trucks consumers truly want,” Lasee said.
Unlike the Obama administration advisors on climate and energy (I'm looking at you, John Kerry), these people actually know what they're talking about.
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Carbon dioxide, for crying out loud. It's absolutely essential to life on Earth, and while it is a greenhouse gas, it's far from the most potent of them; both methane and water vapor have a significantly greater effect. Through the wonder of photosynthesis, plants take carbon dioxide, sunlight, and trace minerals and make food for every non-photosynthesizing life form on the planet - they are producers and feed consumers, ranging from algae and fungus to, well, us.
Human activities do increase the level of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. Nobody is arguing that. But one good volcano can put our efforts to shame. Skyrocketing the cost of our energy, the cost of everything we do, is a gross overreaction. This repeal was the right thing to do.
It's just one more way in which we're winning. Remember this in November.
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