Thank You Letter to An Environmental Organization

I write to thank you for sending a representative to our neighborhood this week. This community is highly motivated to fight for our environment and our quality of life.

China and India have recently flatly rejected Hillary's suggestion that they should cut back on their economic development in favor of lessening the destruction of the environment and emitting pollution that reaches the U.S. For example, "according to the Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency, China emitted 6.2 billion tons of carbon dioxide in 2006, eclipsing the 5.8 billion tons released by the U.S. that year (Bryce, p. 268)." China and India, as the developing world generally, is oblivious to their environmental destruction.

Americans are going to need all the resources they can muster to address this critical issue. As a nation we have responsibly grown to learn from the negative environmental examples by some, and therefore need to forestall any efforts to hinder individual Americans who can responsibly choose to make wise environmental decisions. Speaking personally for a moment, I learned in 1973 with the OPEC oil embargo that petroleum is a limited resource yet other countries, such as the Middle Eastern Islamic states, irresponsibly exploit their natural resources for the extravagant wealth of a few. Other countries in the world have not learned the lesson that wise individual Americans have benefited from. We have rich life experiences to draw from.

It is clear then that wise Americans drawing from their life experiences should forestall efforts to hinder their personal wealth and limit growth. As Obama stated on the campaign trail, "under my plan of cap and trade system, electricity rates will necessarily skyrocket."

Research by the Heritage Foundation documents the harm in passing H.R. 2454:

1. reduce aggregate gross domestic product 9(GDP) by $9.6 trillion;
2. destroy an average of 1-3 million jobs, every year;
3. raise electricity rates 90% after adjusting for inflation;
4. raise inflation-adjusted gasoline prices by 74%;
5. raise residential natural gas prices by 55%;
6. raise an average family's annual energy bill by $1,500 annually; and,
7. increase the federal debt by 26%, which is $29,150 per person.

In fact, as Spain attempted a "green" goal, this effort, similar to that proposed under a cap and trade scheme, resulted in higher unemployment that rose to 18%.

As the current regime is unable to lead or influence the world to end their highly destructive environmental policies we applaud your efforts to raise the consciousness of Americans and improve their quality of life.

My community is in your debt; thank you.