{"id":893,"date":"2009-05-20T13:29:07","date_gmt":"2009-05-20T20:29:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/truthsquad\/2009\/05\/20\/fact-check-from-climate-hearings-rep-john-shimkus-r-il\/"},"modified":"2009-05-20T13:29:07","modified_gmt":"2009-05-20T20:29:07","slug":"fact-check-from-climate-hearings-rep-john-shimkus-r-il","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/climate411\/2009\/05\/20\/fact-check-from-climate-hearings-rep-john-shimkus-r-il\/","title":{"rendered":"Fact Check from Climate Hearings: Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The Waxman-Markey bill is &#8220;centralization run amok&#8221; and will lead to the federal government dictate what cars people drive, what fuel they use, and eventually how far they can live from their place of business<\/strong> &#8212; Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL)<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Actually, the beauty of a carbon cap is that it allows the free market to determine the best and most cost-effective energy technologies. The federal government does not have to pick winners and losers. The technologies that work best will thrive, and more than one can thrive at the same time. Solar power may turn out to be cheap and easy in the Southwest, wind power on the Great Plains, and wave power along the Pacific coast. Reliance on a single fuel source, like oil, leads inevitably to centralization. A carbon cap will lead to exactly what Rep. 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