Allow me to recommend the following article to you, containing an address on energy myths made by Keith Rattie, the President and CEO of Questar Corporation, to the students at Utah Valley University. This excellent presentation clearly explains the disastrous path the socialists in Washington are taking on our energy policy and demonstrates how it will fail because it ignores both the laws of thermodynamics and economics.

Read the speech online by using this link (PDF):

Here is a sample of the remarkable insight and analysis, quoted directly from the concluding paragraph of the speech:

Let me close by returning to the lessons my generation learned from the 1970s energy crisis. We learned that energy choices favored by politicians but not confirmed by markets are destined to fail. If history has taught us anything it‟s that we should resist the temptation to ask politicians to substitute their judgments for that of the market, and let markets determine how much energy gets used, what types of energy get used, where, how and by whom energy gets used. In truth, no source of energy is perfect, thus only markets can weigh the pros and cons of each source. Government‟s role is to set reasonable standards for environmental performance, and make sure markets work.

I hope you will read this article and be convinced of the dangers of "cap and trade" legislation as evidenced by history and the example of our neighbors in Europe. Please contact your U.S. Senators and Congressman, asking them to oppose any and all “cap and trade” legislation. Please take action now to stop Cap and Trade legislation in DC. It is better described as Cap and Tax.