The American Spectator

p> A MAN FOR ALL FROGKISSERS br> Re: William Yeatman’s A Maverick Climate Policy : /p> p>How can anybody seriously think that McCain is a conservative after reading about his climate change proposals? He isn’t a conservative and never will be and he looks insane as well. The only reason a conservative would vote for him is because they like kissing frogs — lots of them and ugly ones too. McCain sure is one big, ugly frog. Good luck in November if this lunatic gets elected. br> — Christopher Holland br> Canberra, Australia /p>

William Yeatman writes that under John McCain’s plan, “Energy-intensive industries would have every incentive to move their operations to countries without carbon controls, like China.”

But there is no need to wait for McCain’s plan to take effect, or Clinton’s, or Obama’s. The present national energy policy, which without hyperbole is no new drilling in Alaska, no new drilling offshore, no new refineries, no new nuclear, has already resulted in bodies in the street that all three candidates blithely ignore.

Piston general aviation is dying. Aviation gasoline consumption, and along with it flight hours, has dropped off the scale. On a recent CAVU day, flew my Skylane to pickup a safety pilot for some instrument practice. When he hopped in, he said “I knew it was you approaching the field.” When asked in reply if he was listening on a hand-held radio, he said “you’re the only airplane in the sky.” On a ceiling and visibility unlimited day.

Power boating is dying. A cousin with waterfront property on Long Island’s south shore reports that a marine refueling station sold $50,000 in fuel on Labor Day weekend 2006, but only $2,000 in fuel on Labor Day weekend 2007. And six months ago fuel was “cheap” compared to today.