Barone gathers some interesting tallys of congress critters and the dirty carbon energy generated from their home states. He completely ignores any moral imperative that might operate to reign in the destruction of the planet. He assumes short term economic interests will continue to destroy the planet based upon what he sees as the short term interests of the critters.

Interesting post by Michael Barone about the political prospects for Obama's proposed cap-and-trade program. The author provides useful factual data to support his point that coal producing states could defeat that legislation. For example, he lists the largest coal producing states along with the number of democratic senators and representatives that might support this legislation for each state. Whether or not you agree with the author, he offers an insightful commentary, based on credible sourcing and helpful context.

this is simply an adjunct to a blog at the new republic (also on newstrust) which lists figures on states' energy sources along with political party numbers to confirm why cap and trade in pres. obama's budget is not feasible based upon congressional votes. unfortunately looking at the figures for states' energy use from coal, this appears to be a rational conclusion.