In James Michener’s novel, Poland, there is a story of how the feudal lords made it a capital offense for a peasant to grind their own grain with a private millstone to make bread.  Today’s would be aristocrats are trying to institute a new lucrative measure of control and rationing; carbon credits. In this new scheme certain well connected bureaucrats and politicians will determine and ration how much coal, wood or petroleum products they will allow a person, business and even country to use. Under the ruse and guise of “protecting the planet” they will be the sole, non-elected arbiters on how much carbon one can use for travel, heating and industry.  In short, they will control all industrial processes along with modes and amount of travel. First, they will paraphrase Henny Penny’s portentous, despairing cry of imminent doom, “The sky is heating!”  Then, the only solution proffered will be absolute control of all combustion.  Finally, only friends, contributors and companies in which they or their collaborators own stock will be allowed access  to resources needed for industry and the economy. This resembles the government-chartered monopolies in the age of Mercantilism.  In fact it will be a type of Marxist monopoly envisioned in Ayn Rand’s novel, Atlas Shrugged.  And who stands to benefit for this feudal right to allocate resources and sell the permission to use carbon? It will be their new excellencies, Al Gore, Robert Kennedy, John Edwards, Barak Obama and the rest of the Democratic progressive elite.

P.S Carbon Dioxide is only 1/3 of one percent, that is 0.0034 of the pressure, volume and mass of the air. 79% is Nitrogen almost 21% oxygen. All other gases< 1%.  I doubt it makes much difference compared to solar activity.  Another idea to consider, wouldn't you think the northern states like Michigan and Washington, as well as Canada and Russia would benefit with a longer growing seasons, perhaps more rainfall and lower heating cost?  Perhaps a longer growing season in the grain regions of the world, more rainfall, lower heating cost would benefit humanity?  It benefited Lief Erikson, Greenland and Europe in the 1300's.

Michael Guy