Monday, Sen. Lamar Alexander of Tennessee said the cap and trade legislation in the nation’s senior legislative chamber will “deliberately kill jobs and make Americans poorer.”

What’s interesting is the Senator’s analysis. He believes in global warming but also believes the supposed solution being pushed in Washington, D.C. will harm the rest of the nation. One news outlet summarized his proposal:

Alexander’s climate change solution includes building 100 new nuclear power plants, electrifying half the nation’s cars and trucks, expanding offshore natural gas and oil exploration, and launching what he called “mini Manhattan projects” to find ways to recapture carbon from coal plants and make solar power cost competitive.

Those certainly are more reasonable, responsible ideas. Unfortunately, the very people who push for green solutions for the nation’s economy generally prefer solutions that are intentionally costly and frequently oppose actually green solutions because they impinge upon their view of the ocean (or desert).

So we applaud Sen. Alexander’s comments and efforts for real solutions. We doubt his colleagues in the majority will say the samee.

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