Comments on: U.S. Cap-and-Trade Creates Winners and Losers among Largest Emitters http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/04/u-s-cap-and-trade-creates-winners-and-losers-among-largest-emitters/ Environmental Leader Mon, 13 Feb 2012 17:25:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: DCTJ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/04/u-s-cap-and-trade-creates-winners-and-losers-among-largest-emitters/comment-page-1/#comment-160260 DCTJ Thu, 05 Nov 2009 12:46:16 +0000 http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=26706#comment-160260 Energy companies won't be getting a free ride under cap and trade, though that really won't matter because all they have to do is turn around and pass thoses costs on to consumers. The majority of which can barely afford the cost of energy as it is. This is legislation that America can not afford. The worst part is, that if the cap and trade system in the EU is any indication, it will do nothing to improve the state of the environment. Write Congress at http://tiny.cc/xP9wT and encourage your representatives to question this flawed piece of legislation. Energy companies won’t be getting a free ride under cap and trade, though that really won’t matter because all they have to do is turn around and pass thoses costs on to consumers. The majority of which can barely afford the cost of energy as it is. This is legislation that America can not afford. The worst part is, that if the cap and trade system in the EU is any indication, it will do nothing to improve the state of the environment. Write Congress at http://tiny.cc/xP9wT and encourage your representatives to question this flawed piece of legislation.

]]> By: M. Simon http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/04/u-s-cap-and-trade-creates-winners-and-losers-among-largest-emitters/comment-page-1/#comment-160173 M. Simon Thu, 05 Nov 2009 03:03:08 +0000 http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=26706#comment-160173 If we doubled all the money currently being spent on fusion research in America (which might be a good thing - I like the Polywell Fusion Reactor experiments) it might cost $500 million in additional funds. If we added to that projects that are currently unfunded it might cost as much as an extra $100 million. But that is not part of the plan. What is the plan? Give the money to the favorites of Cong. Critters who will expect campaign contributions roughly equivalent to 1% of the amount being spent. If we doubled all the money currently being spent on fusion research in America (which might be a good thing – I like the Polywell Fusion Reactor experiments) it might cost $500 million in additional funds. If we added to that projects that are currently unfunded it might cost as much as an extra $100 million.

But that is not part of the plan. What is the plan? Give the money to the favorites of Cong. Critters who will expect campaign contributions roughly equivalent to 1% of the amount being spent.

]]> By: James Beddingfield http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/04/u-s-cap-and-trade-creates-winners-and-losers-among-largest-emitters/comment-page-1/#comment-160074 James Beddingfield Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:28:57 +0000 http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=26706#comment-160074 My question is: Where do these revenues go? Who gets the many hundreds of millions of dollars the companies have to pay for carbon credits? A large part of it will go to fund the huge bureaucracies needed to administer the program and pay a lot of Government worker's salaries. What good will that do the Planet? Where will the rest of the money go? It will be used for the redistribution of wealth. I have heard nothing about how the money will be used to fund fusion power, or hydro power, or solar power from satelites or the Moon, or any other type of environmentally friendly power source capable of supporting our civilization. There are so many unanswered questions relating to this legislation - not unlike the healthcare fiasco going on right now. Here's another question: Why is the Obama Administration pulling the plug on the Yucca Mountain Nuclear Waste Disposal Facility? It is another attempt to restrict the amount of power available to our Nation. No nuclear waste facility = no new nuclear power plants! My question is: Where do these revenues go? Who gets the many hundreds of millions of dollars the companies have to pay for carbon credits? A large part of it will go to fund the huge bureaucracies needed to administer the program and pay a lot of Government worker’s salaries. What good will that do the Planet? Where will the rest of the money go? It will be used for the redistribution of wealth. I have heard nothing about how the money will be used to fund fusion power, or hydro power, or solar power from satelites or the Moon, or any other type of environmentally friendly power source capable of supporting our civilization. There are so many unanswered questions relating to this legislation – not unlike the healthcare fiasco going on right now. Here’s another question: Why is the Obama Administration pulling the plug on the Yucca Mountain Nuclear Waste Disposal Facility? It is another attempt to restrict the amount of power available to our Nation. No nuclear waste facility = no new nuclear power plants!

]]> By: Glennis http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/04/u-s-cap-and-trade-creates-winners-and-losers-among-largest-emitters/comment-page-1/#comment-160066 Glennis Wed, 04 Nov 2009 16:28:58 +0000 http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=26706#comment-160066 Of course the costs will be passed on to the consumer! Who thinks they wouldn't? Of course, with some of the members of congress who are most likely to see personal benefits from such nonsense they don't really care if the little guy gets the old one-two punch in the pocketbook. Typical. Of course the costs will be passed on to the consumer! Who thinks they wouldn’t? Of course, with some of the members of congress who are most likely to see personal benefits from such nonsense they don’t really care if the little guy gets the old one-two punch in the pocketbook. Typical.

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