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To: Sub-Driver
Rep. John Dingell (D-Mich.), chairman of the House Energy & Commerce Committee, is proposing a new carbon tax to reduce U.S. energy consumption.

Man if the republicans can not capitalize on the punitive nature of Democratic tax policy they deserve to lose..

and a phase-out of the mortgage interest deduction on what he called "McMansions."

LOL good luck with that! Start telling people who have worked their whole lives to buy their dream home youre going to take away a deduction which has been almost automatic for decades.

He said diesel fuel and biofuels that do not contain petroleum would be exempt from the additional tax.

Ummm burning anything *including biofuels* releases co2 in fact it burns more!

Octane (n-dodecane):  

C12H26 + 18.5 O2   12 CO2 + 13 H2O 18.5 x energy units.
 
Glucose via ethanol:
    Glucose 2 C6H12O6                  4 CO2  +  4 C2H5OH  
    Ethanol: 4  C2H5OH +  12 O2  8 CO2  + 12 H2O  
 
  2   C6H12O6 + 12 O2      12 CO2  + 12 H2O 12.0 x energy units

9 posted on 09/27/2007 8:29:02 AM PDT by N3WBI3 (Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak....)
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To: N3WBI3

Large families breath more air, and thus release more CO2 into the atmosphere. So look for the day when Democrats, instead of letting you “deduct” your children on your Income Taxes, will instead make you pay a Carbon Tax on them. Of course there’ll be offsets, like Carbon Credits for Abortions and non-child bearing partners such as Gays. I wonder if you;ll be able to buy carbon Credits from Gay people on E-Bay?


13 posted on 09/27/2007 8:34:53 AM PDT by massgopguy (I owe everything to George Bailey)
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