More and more questions

Question Five: Nick Lampson of Texas--much reviled by the likes of Tom Delay. Will cutting down on global warming pollution improve breathable air quality.

Answer Five: Shorter Gore. DUH!

Lampson Follow Up: How do we make carbon capture/clean coal viable?

Follow Up: Well. Um. We need to store it safely.

I've gotta admit, it's more fun when the Republicans are asking the questions.

Update:

Question Six: HASTERT. But what about all the taxes? Shouldn't we let the market work it all out? (He admits that the debate on climate change is over, even if he's not terribly willing to admit that the problem is largely anthropogenic.) Also, what about all our coal energy? Don't we need to use it? After all I, Dennis Hastert, have grandchildren who need energy! (Not, presumably, to fly to DC for the page program.) Lastly, are we imperiling jobs here?

Answer Six: Don't raise taxes. Shift burden from working people and small business people and put the burden on polluters. A new, clean economy will create new jobs--presumably the people of Dearborn will get some of these jobs. But the market alone won't take care of this problem. Not fast enough.