Citizens of North Dakota need to be very concerned about the cap and trade or Clean Energy Bill that will soon be voted on in Congress. This bill will really affect North Dakota's economy, as well as the rest of the nation.

President Barack Obama wants wind and solar power and not any exploring for coal, oil and natural gas, and no building refineries. Plus, we get to pay carbon tax if they omit too much CO2.

This new tax has not worked in Europe, why should it work here?

The new energy bill the Obama administration wants could cost every person a lot in new energy expenses. North Dakota and the U.S. will lose lots of jobs, but there will be one company that will profit, General Electric, and Obama will get another one of his bills he wants to have passed.

Where will this all stop? We have to get our U.S. economy back on track. Cap and trade will be hard on North Dakota's economy.

Contact your senators, Kent Conrad and Byron Dorgan, and Rep. Earl Pomeroy, and it wouldn't hurt to contact Gov. John Hoeven. This is very important bill.

You can contact the senators at Senator@;conrad.senate.gov and Senator@;dorgan.senate.gov.