{"id":918,"date":"2008-11-02T15:59:13","date_gmt":"2008-11-02T19:59:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/?p=918"},"modified":"2008-11-02T16:02:36","modified_gmt":"2008-11-02T20:02:36","slug":"audio-barack-obamas-cap-trade-policy-is-so-aggressive-it-will-bankrupt-coal-fired-plants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/2008\/11\/02\/audio-barack-obamas-cap-trade-policy-is-so-aggressive-it-will-bankrupt-coal-fired-plants\/","title":{"rendered":"Audio: Barack Obama&#8217;s Cap &#038; Trade Policy is So Aggressive It Will Bankrupt Coal Fired Plants"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If Barack Obama&#8217;s remarks <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/2008\/10\/27\/barack-obama-socialist\/\" target=\"_blank\">wealth redistribution<\/a> didn&#8217;t scare you his remarks on energy policy should&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>In a January 2008 interview with the San Francisco Chronicle Sen. Obama said that he would impose a Cap &amp; Trade system aggressive that it would bankrupt anyone trying to build a new coal powered plant.<\/p>\n<p><object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"425\" height=\"344\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/Hdi4onAQBWQ&amp;color1=0xb1b1b1&amp;color2=0xcfcfcf&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n<p>This really just the tip of the iceberg&#8230; Ed Morrissey much more on Barack Obama&#8217;s energy policies at Hot Air. See:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/hotair.com\/archives\/2008\/11\/01\/government-should-send-price-signals-on-energy\/\" target=\"_blank\">Government should send \u201cprice signals\u201d on energy?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/hotair.com\/archives\/2008\/11\/02\/obama-well-bankrupt-any-new-coal-plants\/\" target=\"_blank\">Obama: We\u2019ll bankrupt any new coal plants<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/hotair.com\/archives\/2008\/11\/02\/obama-ill-make-energy-prices-skyrocket\/\" target=\"_blank\">Obama: I\u2019ll make energy prices \u201cskyrocket\u201d<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If Barack Obama&#8217;s remarks wealth redistribution didn&#8217;t scare you his remarks on energy policy should&#8230; In a January 2008 interview with the San Francisco Chronicle Sen. Obama said that he would impose a Cap &amp; Trade system aggressive that it would bankrupt anyone trying to build a new coal powered plant. This really just the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[26,285,7],"tags":[47,57,286,1376],"class_list":["post-918","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-economy","category-energy","category-politics","tag-2008-elections","tag-barack-obama","tag-coal-plants","tag-energy","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pfpI7-eO","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1727,"url":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/2009\/03\/20\/kerry-and-boxer-us-needs-cap-and-trade-on-carbon-emissions-even-if-energy-costs-rise\/","url_meta":{"origin":918,"position":0},"title":"Kerry and Boxer: U.S. &#8216;Needs&#8217; Cap-and-Trade on Carbon Emissions Even if Energy Costs Rise","author":"Jeff","date":"March 20, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"I was going to mention this Washington times piece on Barack Obama's climate plan yesterday... 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Larson agreed that such a policy would likely result in higher electricity prices for consumers but\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Economy&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Economy","link":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/category\/economy\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":725,"url":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/2008\/10\/08\/100-economists-warn-that-barck-obamas-tax-proposals-could-throw-the-us-economy-into-recession\/","url_meta":{"origin":918,"position":3},"title":"100 Economists Warn That Barack Obama&#8217;s Tax Proposals Could Throw the US Economy into Recession","author":"Jeff","date":"October 8, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"I've been debating whether to post this all day... Yes, it's from the McCain campaign but ultimately I think it would be foolish to dismiss the opinion of a group of experienced economists out of hand. 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