Beam me to Planet Gore !
Posted on 05/25/2010 5:29:41 PM PDT by EBH
Washington (AP) - Ditching its past cautious tone, the nation's top scientists urged the government Wednesday to take drastic action to raise the cost of using coal and oil to slow global warming.
The National Academy of Sciences specifically called for a carbon tax on fossil fuels or a cap-and-trade system for curbing greenhouse gas emissions, calling global warming an urgent threat.
The academy, which advises the government on scientific matters, said the nation needs to cut the pollution that causes global warming by about 57 percent to 83 percent by 2050. That's close to President Barack Obama's goal.
"We really need to get started right away. It's not opinion, it's what the science tells you," said Robert Fri, who chaired one of the three panels producing separate climate reports.
Fri was acting Environmental Protection Agency chief under President Richard Nixon and until recently on the board of American Electric Power Co., a major producer of carbon dioxide. "The country needs both a prompt and a sustained commitment to reducing greenhouse gas emissions," he said Wednesday.
In the past, the academy has called climate change a problem, but it has never recommended a specific policy. The impetus for its bolder stance now was a set of questions posed by Congress on climate change and how to deal with it.
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O has really caused the loonies to come out of the woodwork. Call Terminex.
LOL. Yeah, they used to fair and balanced, but now, all bets are off. No more Mister Nice Guy. Right.
A merry band of mendacious pillocks, no?
“I know I’m getting very tired of hearing this crap. They really need to explain what is going to be accomplished by this or any other tax. All utilities are hurting right now because the economy has depressed revenues due to lack of sales. “
Pretty much the only goal at this point is redistribution. Unlike China, Russia, Eastern Europe, Cambodia, and Vietnam, the Democrats still have that as their ultimate goal.
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