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2008-05-31 Home Front: Politix

Chances dim for climate-change legislation

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Posted by gorb 2008-05-31 03:27|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 cap-and-trade is just another stupid socialist pipe dream.

Posted by newc">newc 2008-05-31 12:19|| 2008-05-31 12:19|| Front Page Top

#2 Cap and trade sounds awfully like smash and grab.

Posted by RWV 2008-05-31 15:01|| 2008-05-31 15:01|| Front Page Top

#3 This will line the pockets of rent seekers who have enough political clout to receive these carbon credits to the tune of $60 billion/year every year just on coal alone. Add in nat gas and oil products and the annual total will rise to $150 billion or more. Damn nice position to be if you are a Kennedy.

Posted by ed 2008-05-31 17:05|| 2008-05-31 17:05|| Front Page Top

#4 Hypocrites:

Alcoa, a large electricity consumer backing the legislation, has long enjoyed the benefit of cheap government-developed hydroelectric power.

Exelon, FPL Group, NRG Energy and PG&E Corp. are nuclear energy companies.

Tax government-developed hydroelectric for the benefit of all and make the nuke plant operators fully address nuclear waste issues at their own expense -- than see who's game.

Posted by Darrell 2008-05-31 18:06|| 2008-05-31 18:06|| Front Page Top

#5 But who will save Mars and Jupiter from global warming?

Posted by DMFD 2008-05-31 21:00|| 2008-05-31 21:00|| Front Page Top

#6 "Chances Dim"? It's a good job the journalist wasn't thinking this regulation is a good idea, otherwise it might imply a certain amount of bias in the media and we know that's just not true.

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2008-05-31 21:26|| 2008-05-31 21:26|| Front Page Top

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