Why do the democrats constantly get bogged down in the most needless semantic arguments when a goals oriented approach is so much more efficient and practical?  The entire global warming/climate change approach has done so much more damage than good, particularly when there is such an abundance of other visible damage from the pursuit and consumption of fossil fuels.

One need only look to Iraq or our trade deficit to see the problems with our dependence on foreign oil. A commercial demonstrating the process of mountain top mining and the associated environmental damage or slag spill would be all you need to demonstrate there is no such thing as clean coal.