So the question remains: Why would our political leaders deliberately impose energy policies that will unquestionably make us all a lot poorer?

Engineering poverty

By Klaus Rohrich
Thursday, January 6, 2011

A lot of North American politicians appear to have a tin ear when it comes to the effects their policies impose on their constituents. The current global warming fetish is a case in point, with politicians of all stripes and jurisdictions feverishly attempting to out-green each other. In the process the people those politicians are supposed to serve will ultimately pay more for less, as ill-considered solutions result in steep energy price increases.

Barack Obama’s obsession with reducing America’s carbon output will be particularly devastating to the North American economy as the price of automotive and aviation fuels, hydroelectricity, natural gas and other sources of energy will climb far ahead of the inflation curve.

Obama keeps harping on “green jobs,â€