Amy Smart says Congress needs to strengthen the Waxman-Markey bill

[freedomfun1]

I have a dirty waxy energy source for her ;)

[goofywilly]

Shut the fuck up!!!

[BigStick3456]

G-d, it is such a turn off when hollywood stars start talking politics. It's even more of a turn off when I am a fan of some of these actors {as I am of Smart} and when they are not informed. Amy dear you are a beautifal gal and a talented actress, but that last name of yours does not represent you well.

[RnBramwell]

@thaOFFICIALJAPAN Some points need to be repeated, especially when lies and wrong ideas are thoughtlessly repeated all over the media. In this case, the nuclear issue is of little consequence, but the tsunami impact is huge. Which gets all the news? It's stupid.

The environment does not need help half as much as do the people.  All the major causes of Environmentalism are either fraudulent, or are bent on setting humanity back to the 1700s. It's called misanthropy, not science nor reason!

[dgallegos4201]

This is stupid. Just stupid. Who the fuck are any of who, to come across so arrogant and naive, that you think you can control the goddamn weather?? Who the fuck died and made you god? This whole climate change-global warming-cap and tax nonsense insults my intelligence.

[mikestewart21]

An uneducated person with power is as bad as a terrorist. I believe in being clean and being wise stewards of the earth. But increasing bureaucracy and government is NOT the way to do it. Trust me. I am studying to be bureaucrat in a Master's program and I do not agree with a good portion of the confusing half truths thrown around in academia. We need INFORMED citizens who understand both sides of every argument and who don't support parties, politicians, or politics!

[RnBramwell]

Amy DoYourHomeWork.: Global Warming is the greatest fraud.of this millennium.

[jackdav34]

James Hansen, who knows far more about climate change than Ms.Smart, put it well in a NY Times op-ed: (Dec.9)

But at the heart of his plan is cap and trade, a market-based approach that has been widely praised but does little to slow global warming or reduce our dependence on fossil fuels.

(I would link, but registration is required).

[igmuska]

Great video, brought out all the ignorance about what is clean energy and the Waxman-Marley bill...I won't support the bill until sections mentioning nuclear energy are removed!

[poisonspring]

Is "Smart" a misnomer?

[anonymous915]

If you need a "smart grid" to tell you how to save energy you're not very smart...

[pme1691]

Amy Smart? That's a joke name, right? Like Sillious Soddus or Biggus Dikus?

This twit can barely get the words out of her mouth, and we're supposed to believe this propaganda tool. What a joke.

IT. IS. A. LIE.

[djangothecat]

Ohhhhhhhhh, what a poor little retarded girl. It's so sad that so many people have gone insane and now they somehow have taken over because the only ones with brains have been compromising for years. We are fucked unless we put a stop to this. NO more compromising with people who are out to destroy America. They ask for 100% and get 10%. But they keep doing it over and over and now they've taken 90% control and it may be too late to reverse it. WAKE UP PEOPLE!!!

[berckbill]

how much did they pay you ? I guess enough to sell out to all of us who must pay for it later. This is how we loose to the ruling class. A nice looking woman with a message that seems smart. The money you pay will not go to good things. They money will go to People like Al Gore and away from USA. There will not be profit to have business in USA any more. India and China refused to burden their people with this tax. These countries will not do the same because we did. This is the end of USA .

[therealrevo]

Why are the cute ones always so stupid? I mean, she is spewing some weapons grade stupidity there. Shame that she is buying the propaganda.

[steves39]

Amy Smart is as intelligent as she is beautiful.

[nigel1866]

KingKoolKat is a complete liberal fag that enjoys the company of barney franks poop shoot!

[sunsinger357]

The Waxman-Markey bill is nothing but a HUGE tax on all of us!! Independent research shows that this bill would have the effect of altering the Earth's temperature by 1/500th of a degree by 2025 at a cost to us of nearly Five TRILLION DOLLARS! Within 2 years you will see an increase in electricity (90%), gasoline (54%), natural gas (56%), not to mention businesses will pass this cost on to you raising the cost of EVERYTHING! Call your congressman today before they vote: 202-225-3121.

[nigel1866]

totally agree sex doesn't always sell Mrs smart.

[berckbill]

yes right.

[fredzepp1]

This is pathetic. I know she means well but the reality of the Cap and Trade bill is that it amount to the largest tax increase in American history. It's horribly destructive and aimed at the private sector and middle class wallets ie much higher utility bills. google: "The cap and tax fiction" and read the article in today's Wall Street Journal. This awful legislation must be defeated.

[ChristopherMarlowe]

carbon credit trading, which was set up by Enron's Ken Lay, is a big mistake. Just create another fake market controlled by Wall Street Frauds. The price of European Union allowances...plunged to €10.15 (£8.85) a tonne, compared with highs over €30...last year. If permits are cheap...the green incentive crashes into reverse...recession slashes output, companies pile up permits...price falls, and anyone who wants to pollute can afford to do so.

[armbloo]

Remember there is no such thing a s clean coal. Electric cars are great, but only if they come from CLEAN ENERGY powerplants. If electric cars get their power from coal, the environment is actually better off sticking to gasoline. Yep, it's true. GIVE ME CLEAN BURNING POWERPLANTS. TODAY!!!!!!!!!

[igmuska]

Clean burning powerplants? No such thing...nuclear energy is not clean energy. But of course people in North Dakota monitored the northern skies in the 1950's waiting the imminent Red Threat.

[balancedenergy]

Forcing electricity providers to commit to a reduction of 17 percent below 2005 levels by as early as 2020 could leave them no choice but to switch to higher-priced to meet the accelerated deadline. The switch could leave consumers paying higher costs for decades.

[thereal54]

lol, so you want to trade one giant energy company for another in the government. These people are lobbying just as hard to get their views and our dollars sent to them. Wake up, GE isn't interested in the environment, they're interested in MONEY. Why do you think they're investing so heavily in all these technologies? for the betterment of mankind or to get rich because everyone's mindlessly following the green movement. If polluting paid they'd be doing that too; they are business people.

[Rantandreason]

Who cares if they make money?

They are companies, companies are in business to make money. This is not the problem. The problem is HOW they make money and currently it's not a good way.

At one point in time a milkman came to your door. He no longer does, and nobody cares. Coal and gas and all the other fossil fuels are the milkman about to lose his job.

And I couldn't care less if it's GE or Cyberdine or any other company who does it. JUST DO IT!!!!

[thereal54]

I'm sure if you worked in industries that are politically unpopular and if you were being pushed out of a job because of poor science at best that you might think a little differently. You're not just talking about getting rid of companies, you're getting rid of people's jobs. "a million new green jobs" means nothing if it puts a million people out of work in current industries. The planet will survive w/ or w/o us; it's a fact of life. Nature always has a way, our scope of control is nothin

[Rantandreason]

And why do those people "loosing their jobs" because the technology is old not qualify to work as one of those "millions of new green jobs"?

Are you insinuating they are too stupid to be able to get a job with these companies when they switch over their technologies?

[thereal54]

That's not the issue. Shifting jobs around is different from the claim of this infomercial. The claim is that it will create jobs, instead of shifting the industries around.  People need to train for new jobs and new technologies all the time. There's a big difference though between a power-grab of an industry through propaganda "because it's the right thing to do" and simply shifting the focus of industry because it's the right thing to do. All in the name of fictional science to begin with

[tuttt99]

It won"t "shift" jobs, nuch less create them. it will destroy about 2.2 jobs for every one it may create

[tuttt99]

Wow. Someone who Gets It!

[berckbill]

think with your brain.

[jona95822]

That is very true. The only problem I see is: The energy companies are having lunch on a daily basis with the politicians that virtually represent the people of USA. By enforcing the 20% by 2020 will give energy companies enough time to play politics and ammend, ammend, ammend. Don't you get it? Actions should be taken now! Not later! LATER IS THE BEST WEAPON A LOBBYIST HAS. The car/oil industry did the same and sadly won. Americans should stop using "the dryer" in summer time!!!