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Originally Posted by Buddahaid
Too many people. Let's have a war!  Seriously, I don't care if you can prove or disprove humanities impact on global conditions. In a free market, I would choose the one with the lesser environmental impact. Sure it costs more, but we all pay anyway cleaning up the mess later. Tainted water, loss of health, increased governmental fiscal burdens cleaning superfund sites, etc. Yeah, much too simpleminded, I'll just go eat my mercury laced fish and heavy metal water, then play with my five legged cat. 
Buddahaid |
Here is the thing Buddahaid, the cost of everything will be driven up and this includes the tax you pay. Now, in good faith you and me believe this tax collected is going to help continued studies on alternative fuels and other environment saving things. Reality is the money will go to other project we lovingly call pork or earmarks. The latest stimulus spending needs to be paid for. So, sugar coating this cap & trade as being do-gooders and saving the world is a bit far fetched. Let's throw in the Obama healthcare plan that also needs funding. No one here promotes polluting. What people do not support is this wholesale idea that we as humans have created this global warming (although signs of cooling are present and shhhh, we ain't telling anyone) but we can support we contributed to polluting the planet. It all started with R12 refrigerant removed from the market years ago. It is also the fact that Al Gore will make billions on this bill if passed. Furthermore, General Electric is in deep with this legislation. General Electrics existence hinges on this bill passing. There is to many fingers in the pie who will be making billions on what I consider a market were a market should not be.
Anyway, I do not support this bill nor do I support my cost for energy to go up $2000.00 to $4000.00/ year. That is ridiculus especially considering the cost of electricity in the state of Maryland have gone up 175%. Five years ago I could cool my house for $50.00/month. I now spend $250.00/month. Now uncle Sam wants to tack on another $150.00/month....during a recession to boot? To further that notion two days ago I'm listening on the radio to a commentator explaining there are new studies on cows burps and they are looking to genetically alter cows so their burbs are 24% less CO2. WTH? Are you serious. And, this bill will go after farmers like there is no tomorrow. As far as Al Gore is concerned cow manure is a big no no. Ok, so do we now alter the cows so they do not poop? Nope, we go after the farmer who is already in the tank financially. Really, it is very bad bill.
Let's talk clean coal technology! What a farce. Since when could coal ever be clean? Start with stripping the land to get at the coal and go from there. Windmills, do you want them in your backyard going swoosh swoosh swoosh 24/7 365? Me neither. Nor do the Kennedys want them in the water off Marth's Vineyard because it ruins their ocean view. Give me a break. Just another sloppy bill much like the stimulus bill.