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Technorati“You try to cap emissions and you kill more people than die if you don’t cap emissions,” Beisner said, referring to those who would die from lack of access to energy, higher food prices, and the halt in their country’s economic development.
“We will have killed people,” he added solemnly. “We care about this issue the same way why we care about abortion. It kills people.”
Last Monday, President Bush issued a veto threat against the bill. The Bush administration opposes any mandatory limits on carbon emissions.
Opponents of the bill acknowledged that while they claimed victory with this global warming legislation, the fight will be more difficult next year given that both presidential nominees, Barack Obama and John McCain, support a mandatory carbon cap.
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