Florida:
 Non-farm jobs lost in 2012: 7,379
 Non-farm jobs lost in 2025: 30,202
 Income lost in 2012: $1.2 billion
 Income lost in 2025: $6 billion

Arizona:
 Non-farm jobs lost in 2012: 2,574
 Non-farm jobs lost in 2025: 10,537
 Income lost in 2012: $369 million
 Income lost in 2025: $1.7 billion

Lieberman-Warner, by itself, also drives up the price of gasoline. By 2030, not a single state would see pump prices below $5 a gallon. Many would be at $5.50 and above, and one (Alaska) would be above $6.

But that’s just fine, as far as many environmentalists are concerned. They want all of us to pay more -- lots more -- for gasoline. Their theory is that most of us will ditch our cars and start taking buses and subways. Or riding our bikes to work. (Though, as Heritage’s Ben Lieberman has noted, gas prices of $8 a gallon have done little to curb driving in Europe. They just drive miniature cars -- and endure sluggish economies -- to ease the pain.) 

There’s nothing wrong with traveling by bus, bike or subway. But should we be forced to make that choice by finger-wagging environmentalists -- in the name of dubious science and all to cool the earth by a tiny fraction of one degree … at best?

The list of ill effects in the Heritage study goes on and on. No state emerges unscathed. The only thing that changes from state to state is the amount of the damage.

And this, mind you, is what would occur under a mild bill. Mild, that is, by the standards of environmentalists who urge even more draconian measures to check the alleged global emergency posed by climate change. Indeed, some environmentalists have been criticizing the Lieberman-Warner bill for not going far enough.

And believe me, if this bill becomes law, they’ll be baaaaaaaaaaaaaaack!