License To Pollute, or Why I'm Not Voting for Barack »
Posted By Alexia 1 year ago in NewsThe "cap-and-trade" solution to climate change is my new favorite thing. Recently hawked by presidential candidate Barack Obama, such legislation would charge companies for their greenhouse gas emissions. It would also put a cap on how much they could vent into the air. "If you're going to pollute," the proposal seems to say with a wagging finger, "well then, by God, we're going to make you pay for it!"
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jmopinion1 year ago
European researchers found that brief exposure to diluted diesel exhaust during exercise reduced a key anticlotting substance in the blood and worsened exercise-induced ischemia, or insufficient flow of blood and oxygen to the heart - changes that can trigger a heart attack and even death.
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Alexia1 year ago
Whoa. Not surprising. In D.C. in the summer, whenever the temperature is at a certain high level the buses become free and people are encouraged not to exercise outside.
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GHOSTWHOWALKS1 year ago
Just another idiot program from another idiot wanting to be President. Geez, isn't amazing how nothing will be changed?
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Aidenag1 year ago
While Obama's plan may not be flawless, its better than what the others have introduced who are running for president. At least the ones who stand a chance at becoming president. Most of his competition hasnt even put forward a plan yet. They are still at the talking points and useless rhetoric stage.
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ETproductions1 year ago
That's what I was just thinking, while sitting here straining my brain to think of what any real contender from either party had offered as an improvement.
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Aidenag1 year ago
He does have a good idea layed out, but I really doubt he has a chance at winning. He goes much lower in the polls and he will be in the Richardson, Biden, or even Kucinich range. And for longshot Democrats, I would want Kucinich or Richardson.
Really looking forward to what Hillary will announce she plans to do if elected. But im not expecting much. Most likely she will make too small of steps for fear of rocking the boat and tossing her backers overboard in the process.
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nostalgia1 year ago
Under a cap-and-trade plan, companies that produce carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases receive or buy credits that give them the right to emit a certain amount. Companies that emit less carbon than their credits allow can profit by selling any excess credits on the open market, while those that exceed their emission allowance have to make up the difference or face heavy fines.
Obama's plan would require all credits to be purchased at auction, rather than allocated by industry -- a move his campaign said would ensure that all polluters pay for every ton of emissions released.
And what new Federal bureaucracy is going to measure and track this?
What is to stop a company from buying their credits and simply passing the costs on to the customer?
Wouldn't it be smarter to put money into new technology which would reduce pollution instead of allowing companies to purchase credits?
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simonsez1 year ago
Hocus-pocus nonsense that will add another layer of cost for everything we have to buy. Our cost of electricity will increase dramatically.
It would greatly reward utilities with old coal power plants.
There are better solutions.
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