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Drudge draws national attention to Madison's planned "climate change" ordinances.

The link goes to a business website that freaks out about "central planning gone wild" and "draconian" regulation that would "dramatically limit free enterprise and personal liberty":

According to the ?Broad Strategies? section of a meeting agenda recently posted on the City of Madison Web site, an ordinance being considered would force city zoning to account for and mitigate climate change:

10. Zoning should adapt to meet the demands of climate change; use zoning to address or mitigate effects, or adapt to climate change; remove any barriers to mitigating the effects, adapting to climate change (trees, green space, mobility, renewable energy, land use).

I guess a lot more people will want to live here if things warm up.

Another item in the ?Broad Strategies? section has a grim outlook for the future. It includes a proposal that spells out a doomsday scenario ? allowing for the city to function should shortages in energy and food occur:

11. Write the code to allow the city to function when automobile travel will be severely limited and oil-related products, including food and heating fuel, become prohibitively expensive because of the scarcity and high-cost of fuel.

Don't you want your town's ordinances to become more science fiction-y?

Full post as published by Althouse on January 14, 2009 (boomark / email).