One of this morning’s speakers was Myron Ebell of the Competitive Enterprise Institute. Some highlights:

• He noted that at the recent “global warming” rally that was snowed over in DC, a Greenpeace truck had a solar panel that was covered in snow so the group had to turn to a generator — we wonder if the lesson will reach the proper decision makers
• Ebell sought to enlist the audience “in a war over whether to introduce energy rationing”
• The debate over rationing goes back to the 1970’s — it is, he says, the key while “global warming is just the pretext”
• He noted the irony of the Obama administration appointing a science advisor who has advocated for massive de-industrialization
• He encouraged the audience that the fight was by no means lost, especially because advocates of energy rationing are not well-liked by many Americans (”Thank God tat Al gore is the leader of their side” he said)
• Cap-and-trade advocates didn’t really pick up many votes in the recent election, and many middle-America Senators who may support progressive agendas elsewhere cannot wreck their state’s economy by supporting such a plan
• His main advice: ask your congressman, “why do you want to raise my energy prices?: (sounds like good advice to us)

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