{"id":888,"date":"2009-04-23T19:23:18","date_gmt":"2009-04-24T02:23:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/truthsquad\/2009\/04\/23\/fact-check-from-climate-hearings-42309\/"},"modified":"2009-04-23T19:23:18","modified_gmt":"2009-04-24T02:23:18","slug":"fact-check-from-climate-hearings-42309","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/climate411\/2009\/04\/23\/fact-check-from-climate-hearings-42309\/","title":{"rendered":"Fact Check from Climate Hearings – 4\/23\/09"},"content":{"rendered":"

The House Subcommittee on Energy and the Environment is holding hearings this week on landmark climate and energy legislation.<\/p>\n

We are launching a regular Fact Check series to\u00a0correct the record on\u00a0false and misleading statements from climate action opponents.<\/p>\n

Here’s our second installment:<\/p>\n

No one will buy hybrid vehicles unless forced to by the government.<\/strong> \u2013 Joe Barton, (R-TX)<\/p>\n

Americans have already demonstrated that they will buy hybrids if they are reliable, economical, and stylish, and if they incorporate the convenience features we now expect in automobiles. The Toyota Prius was one of the best selling cars of 2007, with more than 181,000 sold.\u00a0To date, Toyota has sold more than 700,000 Priuses in the U.S.\u00a0 In 2008, Toyota sold 30,693 of its large SUV, the Sequoia.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Cap and trade will kick working families when they’re down.<\/strong> \u2013 Fred Upton, (R-MI)<\/p>\n

American working families are definitely down.\u00a0Ohio has lost more that 213,000 manufacturing jobs since 2000.\u00a0For Michigan, the figure is almost 497,000 jobs lost.<\/p>\n

One way to get some of these jobs back is with a cap and trade bill to address climate change, which could spark a manufacturing renaissance.\u00a0A single wind turbine contains 250 tons of steel, along with 8,000 parts, from copper wire, gearboxes, and ball bearings to electronic controls.\u00a0A wind turbine tower contains more than 50 tons of steel.\u00a0Jobs making these components, and installing and maintaining, turbines can be created here in America<\/p>\n

EDF has created a map detailing where a carbon cap will create jobs in 12 states \u2013 go to www.lesscarbonmorejobs.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The number of manufacturing jobs in January 2005 (14.1 million) was well below its peak of nearly 20 million in late 1979. Causes of the decline in American manufacturing include a shift in consumer spending away from manufactured goods, in favor of services; a steady increase in labor productivity, which allows firms to produce more with fewer workers; and competition from foreign producers.\u00a0<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This bill is a disguised tax.<\/strong>\u00a0 \u2013 Robert Michaels, California State University<\/p>\n

The bill is neither disguised nor a tax.\u00a0Under cap and trade, there will be a modest increase in energy bills for the average American.\u00a0EPA estimates it will only cost the average American household about 12 to 15 cents a day more in total energy costs. That’s roughly what it costs to brew one pot of coffee in the morning, and substantially less than a pack of chewing gum.<\/p>\n

That’s nothing compared to what will happen to Planet Earth, and the economy, if we fail to reduce greenhouse gas emissions — punishing heat waves, droughts, water shortages, sea level rise that threatens coastal cities, food shortages around the world, intense hurricanes, and more.\u00a0Even the military is worried about the national security implications.\u00a0One never hears about these costs from the opponents of this bill \u2013 either because they don’t believe global warming is real, or they refuse to believe what scientists are saying about the future consequences of inaction.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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