Chlorophyll

It's true. It has to be, I read it on Fox News. A number of big businesses and corporate interest groups like the national Chamber of Commerce and the National Association of Manufacturers want the federal government to regulate their carbon emissions.

Why would they do such a counter-intuitive thing? I can think of a couple of reasons.

1. Some of them are planning to limit their carbon emissions anyway, and want to force the others to do so as well, to keep from giving their competitors any advantage.

2. Some of them are planning to limit their carbon emissions and are looking for a way to make some money off it (selling pollution credits to other companies).

3. They have no intention of limiting their carbon emissions, and plan to buy their way out of the issue.

4. They've figured out that the global warming issue isn't going away, and this is an attempt to get out in front of it. If there must be legislation on it, better for them to set the terms than a bunch of whacko treehuggers.