INSTRUCTIONS: Please Create Two Separate Letters, One Addressed to Senator Brownback And

INSTRUCTIONS: Please create two separate letters, one addressed to Senator Brownback and the other addressed to Senator Roberts. Insert the text on your company letterhead and be sure to personalize with the name of your company, number of employees, and other information about the castings you produce. Fax the letter to the respective Senate offices (numbers listed below), and fax a copy to the AFS Washington Office – 202-898-0188. Please contact Alicia Oman ([email protected] or 202/842- 4864) with questions.

[INSERT ON COMPANY LETTERHEAD]

The Honorable Sam Brownback 303 Hart Senate Office Building Washington, D.C. 20510 Fax: 202-228-1265

The Honorable Pat Roberts 109 Hart Senate Office Building Washington, D.C. 20510 Fax: 202-224-3514

Max XX, 2008

Dear Senator [Brownback or Roberts],

As a Kansas metalcaster, I am writing on behalf of [Insert name of company] and our [insert number] employees to urge you to oppose America’s Climate Security Act (S. 2191) and the Boxer substitute amendment to S.2191. This bill will have a devastating impact on our company, our workers, the metalcasting industry, and our nation’s economy while doing little to reduce global GHG emissions.

Energy is the lifeblood of our work. We use it to melt and shape scrap metal to produce essential components for every aspect of modern living. Our industry will be directly and significantly impacted by the cap-and-trade program outlined in S. 2191. All foundries, even those that are not considered “covered facilities” by the legislation, will see their energy costs increase exponentially. U.S. metalcasters operate under extremely tight profit margins (industry average of 5.2%), and higher energy costs could ultimately mean the difference between staying in business for another year and having to shut the plant doors.

According to a recent study by the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) and the American Council for Capital Formation (ACCF), by 2030, Kansas could lose as many as 37,000 jobs. Additionally, the bill might lead to a loss of over $7,283 in household income and over $5.7 billion in lost gross state product between 2009 and 2030.

Moreover, the NAM/ACCF study estimates that the cap-and-trade proposal in S. 2191 will result in: o Employment losses nationally of up to 4 million jobs; o Electricity price increases of up to 129 percent; o Natural gas price increases of up to 146 percent; o Gasoline price increases of up to 145 percent; and, o A loss of household income of up to $6,752 per year.

With our nation facing an uncertain economic future, I urge you to carefully consider the results of this study and the undue fiscal burden S. 2191 would place on the American public.

We agree with the American Foundry Society in the belief that the reduction of GHG emissions requires a GLOBAL solution. Currently, S. 2191 contains only a weak provision to encourage developing countries like China and India to reduce their GHG emissions. I am concerned that enactment of a cap-and-trade program in the United States will ultimately lead to the off-shoring of manufacturing to countries that do not have GHG emissions limits and thus will have significantly cheaper energy costs. As a result, the bill could actually increase worldwide GHG emissions by concentrating energy-intensive industries in countries where energy efficient technologies and processes are not utilized or required.

I strongly believe S.2191 does more economic harm than environmental good and urge you to oppose the measure. I look forward to hearing from you on this important matter.

Sincerely,

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