Set by Waxman and Markey
Is a disaster in waiting,
It’s pure malarkey.
A wasteful way
To get tiny reductions,
In carbon emissions
With complex instructions!
It's less than worthless,
Since it will delay --
By at least a decade
Instead of starting today--
Taking a tack
That makes good sense,
From the standpoint of science,
And dollars and cents.
Sec Def McNamara
Once failed to refrain
From “Stay the course”,
Which caused great pain.
But failure to address
The grave threat to climate
Will be far worse,
Can’t nickel and dime it.
With the Senate debate
Over climate just starting,
There’s still time to change
The course that we’re charting,
Toward the rocky shores
Of “Cap and Trade”
And other schemes
For getting paid.
Instead plot a course,
For the sandy beach
Of “Fee and Dividend”
Still within reach.
But we must start now,
Not next month or next year,
And we need real captaining,
And we need it here,
In the good ol’ US
Which must lead the way,
To avoid Noah's shipwreck,
On some future day.
Horatio's Hint: Read James Hansen's letter: "G-8 Failure Reflects U.S. Failure on Climate Change"
