Posted on 09/08/2009 8:46:03 PM PDT by YoungGunConservativeRadio
Anyone have a good link that has great talking points about Cap and Trade? I am gonna be on Fox News next Tuesday and was looking for some direction. Thanks!
I will cut down trees to stay warm.
It raises the costs of energy and does nothing to affect the weather.
What do you have so far?
The worst parts take effect after the next Presidential election.
It will dramatically increasing costs for power, gas and every product made or transported.
These aren’t unintended consequences but the whole point to force people to “pollute less”. Which it probably won’t.
Those are my opinion but you’ll need someone who can cite details.
It’s a ‘Pay to Pollute’ scheme!
You, and they breathe it.
What?
The death of all basic industry in America isn’t enough?
If you don’t already know the talking points, maybe you should rethink this Fox thing.
Ignore the Federal issues of the day.
Figure a way to starve the BEAST.
Vote the bastards out, get state gvmnts to stop sending money to the BBEAST.
Everything is local.
Every refinery and petrochemical plant in the U.S. will end up shutting down and refining offshore instead to avoid the hassle and cost.
Offshore refining will result in huge increases in the cost of gas/diesel for Americans and the loss of thousands, if not millions, of domestic energy-related jobs in an economy already on the verge of collapse.
Cap & Trade will literally push the country over the edge.
I wanted to know what most people are wondering about Cap and Trade. I can’t not go on now. Already booked my ticket
Heritage Foundation has been monitoring the bill.
http://www.heritage.org/Research/EnergyandEnvironment/wm2585.cfm
It’s going to make Algore and his enviroloonies a bunch of “green.” They’ll be laughing all the way to the bank. It’s the DemocRATS’ version of the Nigerian bank account scam. You’ll still be able to “pollute”, you’ll just have to send money to Algore to do it.
1) Global warming is an unproven hypothesis (find the data)
2) Taxes kill jobs, and will send them overseas
3) We need tax CUTS to attract global investment, not tax increases to drive it away
2. Cap & Trade is an expensive, clumsy way to raise energy costs in the name of demand side management. It is a tax, but they don't have to call it a tax.
3. The result on the economy will be far greater than increased electric bills. The cost will be felt all they way up the value chain - procuring natural materials, transportation, manufacturing, retail. Every operation will be more expensive and the additional cost will be passed on to the consumer in retail pricing.
4. It is impractical to actually measure carbon in the air from combustion to create energy, and impossible to measure actual reductions due to some conservation measure. So carbon savings must be estimated, opening up the entire system to gaming (my carbon credit is better than your carbon credit.) That leads to rating systems like bonds (lately we've all found out how well THAT works).
5. Europe has tried to implement a system and is now working on version two. I'm sure we'll get it right the first time. /s.
Hope that helps.
Start with basic Economics 101 and hidden taxes applied by arbitrary bureaucratic decisions. Second, Americans will be footing the bill for unsupported empirical and scientific peer review of purpose, cause and effect; while other major nations do not. Third, since Kyoto Protocols have been proven to be false and global warming a scam; Solar based...Forth, this will restrain, plus set back American progress and ability to compete domestically and internationally.
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