This is featured at Drudge right now: http://www.rockymoun...

Denver is looking to enact policies to "fight" global warming. Things like basing insurance premiums on the number of miles traveled, penalizing heavy users of electricity and natural gas, charging residents for the amount of trash thrown away. "You can think of them as penalties or you can think of them as market signals," says Beth Conover, director of Greenprint Denver, "There's some choice involved." If these policies are enacted, I predict the population of and investment in Denver will begin to decline. I think it is important to conserve energy and gas, to recycle, and to reduce the amount of trash we produce, but I don't think it is right for the government to mandate it. These types of policies will turn people away from Denver and cause an economic downturn as people will take their businesses elsewhere. And as time goes on, the penalties will continue to grow/broaden and some "select" people or businesses will be exempt from the penalties thus opening another door to corruption.

Another curious note the article mentioned: "The ambitious goal is to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 4.4 million metric tons by 2020, the equivalent of eliminating two small coal-fired power plants or taking 500,000 cars off the road."

Why don't we start replacing the coal-fired electricity plants with nuclear power plants that have zero emissions and a higher and more efficient power output?

If the Left would put as much time fighting the known enemy (i.e. Islamofascist terrorists) rather than trying to wage war against the climate, we might make some positive differences in the world.