Speaking to the silly — dare I say, desperate — arguments invoked as reasons to impose unilateral, job-exporting energy rationing on ourselves, all in order to stop something that doesn’t appear to be happening — and, even if it were, wouldn’t according to anyone’s scenarios repond to anything Washington could possibly concoct, anyway — Texas Republican Representative Joe Barton is quoted by Bloomberg today:

“I also challenge the pop wisdom that America’s example will charm big emitters elsewhere to follow our lead, since others don’t seem to prize our example nearly as much as they value our money,” Barton said.