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U.S. has bold plan to stall climate change - CNN.com
The US has made good strides in alternate energy, and reducing carbon emissions. Why do we need to have government force people to use alternate means? We can encourage research and development to improve or change how we get energy. Why mandate it, other then to show the power of government?
Many cities are stepping up and setting an example to others. Let the local governments show what can be done.
I haven't driven to Arizona in 20 yrs, I was amazed at the forest of windmills scattered across the landscape in various spots along the way.
I think the sun belt states should be expanding on solar power, they should have the biggest solar power plants.
I am a free market conservative. I believe if we explain the goal and give a little push, the market will fill in the need.
We should not have a carbon tax, we should not have government investing large amounts into unknown, untested companies.
I believe the US economy is strongest when we have good, reliable energy to build on and from. We need to become energy independant by exapnding fossil fuels production and expand alternate energy. Not punish the old and hope for the new. Reliable means having the old, while developing the new.
Believing in MMGW doesn't matter, fossil fuels have emissions, less emissions means reduced smog or air and water pollution.
MMGW was a way to scare people into letting government control things they have no business controlling. How much heat a person wants in their home is between the provider and the consumer. But you get people to believe in MMGW, then government has to control it or the world will end in a fiery ball of lava. (When I was little they said we would be past the point of no return in 20 yrs or less, well that was 40 yrs ago, we're not past the point of no return. Never was one, but they needed to scare people.)
I think our government needs to keep "nudging" our industries to find better more efficient energy, but should not make massive changes to force change. Such as a carbon tax.
Carbon Tax: Government gets to set a tax with a ration of the item being "free" to buy. After you reach the limit, then you pay the tax, of course it starts out small, then increases at the politicians desire or whim, until everyone has given up on traditional carbon energy.
Government should not be able to tax energy any more then they already do.
As I said earlier, the US economy is strongest with cheap energy. When gas prices were high, people had to restrict their driving, their vacations and what they bought,because they had to save for gas to get to work. Now gas is fairly reasonable and people can do more, spend more in places other then gas stations. The carbon tax would set the economy back. Everything would go up, because consumers are the ones that pay taxes, not the industry. Since the industry just passes the tax on to the consumer. So everything would cost more(since everything requires energy to build create or get to stores), including gas, so people would stop buying again.
The US has made good strides in alternate energy, and reducing carbon emissions. Why do we need to have government force people to use alternate means? We can encourage research and development to improve or change how we get energy. Why mandate it, other then to show the power of government?
Many cities are stepping up and setting an example to others. Let the local governments show what can be done.
I haven't driven to Arizona in 20 yrs, I was amazed at the forest of windmills scattered across the landscape in various spots along the way.
I think the sun belt states should be expanding on solar power, they should have the biggest solar power plants.
I am a free market conservative. I believe if we explain the goal and give a little push, the market will fill in the need.
We should not have a carbon tax, we should not have government investing large amounts into unknown, untested companies.
I believe the US economy is strongest when we have good, reliable energy to build on and from. We need to become energy independant by exapnding fossil fuels production and expand alternate energy. Not punish the old and hope for the new. Reliable means having the old, while developing the new.
Believing in MMGW doesn't matter, fossil fuels have emissions, less emissions means reduced smog or air and water pollution.
MMGW was a way to scare people into letting government control things they have no business controlling. How much heat a person wants in their home is between the provider and the consumer. But you get people to believe in MMGW, then government has to control it or the world will end in a fiery ball of lava. (When I was little they said we would be past the point of no return in 20 yrs or less, well that was 40 yrs ago, we're not past the point of no return. Never was one, but they needed to scare people.)
I think our government needs to keep "nudging" our industries to find better more efficient energy, but should not make massive changes to force change. Such as a carbon tax.
Carbon Tax: Government gets to set a tax with a ration of the item being "free" to buy. After you reach the limit, then you pay the tax, of course it starts out small, then increases at the politicians desire or whim, until everyone has given up on traditional carbon energy.
Government should not be able to tax energy any more then they already do.
As I said earlier, the US economy is strongest with cheap energy. When gas prices were high, people had to restrict their driving, their vacations and what they bought,because they had to save for gas to get to work. Now gas is fairly reasonable and people can do more, spend more in places other then gas stations. The carbon tax would set the economy back. Everything would go up, because consumers are the ones that pay taxes, not the industry. Since the industry just passes the tax on to the consumer. So everything would cost more(since everything requires energy to build create or get to stores), including gas, so people would stop buying again.
