Obama: Spike Energy Costs To Make People Go ‘green’

Obama: Spike energy costs to make people go ‘green’
2007 interview: Proposes government create ‘price signals’ to control behavior
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By Drew Zahn
JOHNSTON, Iowa – In a recently publicized video from the Democratic primaries, Sen. Barack Obama said the government should drive energy bills up through “price signals” in order to force Americans into more environmentally friendly choices.
In the Nov. 9, 2007, interview on Iowa Public Television’s “Iowa Press,” Obama said Americans like driving SUVs and leaving the lights on, but since “it is undisputable that the climate is getting warmer,” consumers would have to change their habits.
When asked what would make consumers change, Obama said government-created “price signals” would make people more mindful of energy costs and compel them to start changing light bulbs and turning off light switches.
Associated Press reporter Mike Glover asked, “How do you convince people to change their lifestyle, to live differently?”

Obama’s answer, viewable in the video below, was, “I think it is important for us to send some price signals to change behavior. You know, if electricity goes up, people start becoming more mindful of their electricity bill.”

When Des Moines Register reporter David Yepsen asked Obama what part of his campaign Americans may not like to hear, the candidate returned to the theme of price signals.

“Number one, we’re going to have to start doing a better job of conserving on energy,” Obama said. “Americans like to drive their big SUVs. They like to leave all the lights on in their house. We’re going to have to change our habits.”

He then clarified how the government could implement the kind price signals that change consumer habits.

“We’re going to have to cap the emission of greenhouse gases,” Obama said. “That means that power plants are going to have to adjust how they generate power. They will pass on those costs to consumers. … A lot of us who can afford it are going to have to pay more per unit of electricity, and that means we’re going to have to change our light bulbs, we’re going to have to shut the lights off in our houses.”

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Wild Thing’s comment……….
Sorry but WTF??!!
Barack Hussein Obama literally will destroy our economy, our industries just to make our country into HIS WAY OR NO WAY.
Please God this man cannot become President!!!!!!!!!

….Thank you Mark for sending this to me.