"Gore said the single most important policy change would be placing a carbon tax on burning oil and coal."
Also see: Environment (and scroll down)
I'm kinda tired of the Globe's gas (front-page lead) being emitted in the face of the public, aren't you?"Recession byproduct - a cut in emissions; But low level may hurt cap and trade program" by Beth Daley, Globe Staff | March 11, 2009
New figures being released today show the recession helped drive down global warming emissions from Northeast power plants last year to their lowest levels in at least nine years.
Northeast power plant emissions dropped about 9 percent last year from 2007, according to preliminary projections by Point Carbon, a consulting and research firm. The Norway-based company attributed the drop to the economic slowdown, combined with the fact that power plants are burning cleaner natural gas.
How can they know that?
Related: Coal to Get Credits For Reducing Greenhouse Gases
Pfffffffffttt!!!
The drop in emissions may be good for the environment, but was not seen as reason for celebration. "What does this say about the state of the economy?" said Robert Rio, senior vice president of Associated Industries of Massachusetts "We could get 100 percent below the cap if we shut every business and moved them out of state."
The reduction in emissions came with another drawback: It has the unintended effect of delaying a longer-term and potentially more important effort to reduce greenhouse gases over the next decade.
They are INCREDIBLE, aren't they? They truly are jewspapers because they are NEVER SATISFIED!!
They wanted us to STOP DRIVING and USE PUBLIC TRANSPORT -- which we did -- and then they CRIED that NOT ENOUGH GAS TAXES were being paid!! All this is about RAISING TAXES, folks!! I'll LET THE ARTICLE SPEAK for ITSELF!!!!
The program, designed by 10 Northeast and Mid-Atlantic states and called the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, or ReGGI, is a model for national legislation being drafted in Washington. The initiative sets a cap on carbon emissions that is designed to slowly fall over time.
America must be UNCONSCIOUS because of all the fart mist because they are about to get raped!
The complex arrangement, called a "cap and trade" plan, works like this: Power plants obtain emission allowances from states for every ton of carbon dioxide they emit, with plants that emit larger amounts having to obtain more allowances than cleaner ones. As the cap is reduced, there are fewer available allowances, pushing the price up and thus encouraging the dirtiest power plants to instead invest in cleaner technologies. Over time, cleaner power plants will then out-compete dirtier ones.
See: Obama's SBD
Oh, yeah, and NEVER MIND that the GLOBAL-WARMING BS is JUST THAT -- BULLS***!!!!
But with emissions now about 17 percent below the cap, allowances are not in particular demand, so market forces are not kicking in. Emission allowances are not expected to get high enough anytime soon to spark investment in clean energy.
That's a UNDEFINABLE and SELF-CREATED "market force" I might add. Don't you like how deceptive the paper is? No wonder they will be out of print in two years!
The initiative "was designed to lower emissions below business as usual, but business as usual has changed," said Alden Meyer, director of strategy and policy for the Union of Concerned Scientists, a Cambridge-based research and advocacy group.
"The lesson is you have to have a system you can adjust as circumstances change," Meyer said. "The urgency of the science shows . . . we need to be ambitious."
I'm SO SICK of being LIED TO by "SCIENCE!" What this guy is saying is they NEED TO ADJUST the STANDARDS so they can TAX YOU!
Go on, keep reading for confirmation. I'll wait.
That lesson is an important one for the Obama administration as it crafts its own "cap and trade" program designed to reduce the nation's greenhouse gas emissions. If the cap is set too high, little happens. But even with that shortcoming, the architects of the regional initiative win praise from energy analysts and environmentalists for developing the only mandatory cap and trade carbon market in the United States.
Oh, the GLOBALISTS APPROVE!!! Oh, goody!
Businesses have been reluctant to embrace a cap-and-trade system, however, saying it will increase energy costs and make them less competitive.
Which WILL BE PAID BY YOU, ratepayer!
The program has already raised more than $145 million from auctioning emission allowances, according to Worcester-based World Energy, which runs the auction. Another auction is scheduled next week. In Massachusetts, much of its $28 million share is going into energy efficiency....
I'm going to start farting in a bottle, and then saving it to turn in for credits. And LOOK at what they are WASTING IT ON!!!
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President Obama's budget plan assumes there will be about $79 billion in revenue in 2012 from the sale of greenhouse gas permits under a cap-and-trade program. Both Senate majority leader Harry Reid of Nevada and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of California have said they want to pass climate change legislation this year.
You HAVE BEEN WARNED and WARNED AGAIN, America.
Can't you SMELL the FART MIST?
Yesterday, the US Environmental Protection Agency proposed establishing a national system for reporting greenhouse gas emissions that could help establish a national cap-and-trade program. Meanwhile, US Representative Edward J. Markey of Malden, who chairs key energy and global warming panels, is writing a global warming and energy bill that includes emissions trading.
It's ALL HAPPENING RIGHT UNDER YOUR (pun intended) NOSES, America!! I guess the bowl of breakfast s*** covers up the fart smell, huh?
Markey said that a cap and trade mechanism like that in the ReGGI initiative is "a system we think makes sense." He added: "If the price is correct, then innovation will flourish. If it is wrong then the status quo will remain."
The initiative's cap was initially criticized as not sufficiently ambitious. But even so, projections showed power plants were expected to hit the cap in 2009. But in 2006, emissions unexpectedly dropped. Many power plants in the Northeast can burn oil or gas, so when natural gas prices fell and oil prices skyrocketed, those plants began burning gas, which emits less global warming pollution than oil.
And WE GOT SHUT OUT of a MONEY-MAKING SCHEME, dammit! Yup, did the "right thing" by the environment, and yet the cultists are still bitchin'! They must be part jooish.
Cool summers and warmer winters also contributed to reduced energy use. Power plant emission reductions could also lead to health benefits as fewer ingredients of smog are released.
Excuse me? COOLER SUMMERS (yes, true), and WARMER WINTERS (lie, yes, of course)?
Then late last year, the economic downturn hit in force, reducing energy consumption by businesses. If the economy does not pick up, emissions could continue to drop, energy analysts say.
Then that's GOOD, right?
There is little ability for states that are part of the initiative to tweak the cap number until 2012, when the program will undergo a review. Veronique Bugnion, Point Carbon's managing director of Trading Analytics and Research, said that "it's too early to call things on ReGGI" but said that its small scope makes it especially susceptible to weather or energy use fluctuations.
The EXCUSES NEVER STOP!
Still, ReGGI's architects say they are proud of the program.
"The most amazing thing about a dancing bear is not if it juggles while dancing but that it dances at all," said Seth Kaplan, of the advocacy group Conservation Law Foundation. "It's a process of learning how to do these things. And ReGGI is showing us it works."
Listen to the GOBBLEDEGOOK FART MIST from the CULTIST here!!!
And about that EPA:
"EPA proposes requiring greenhouse gas reports" by Dina Cappiello, Associated Press | March 11, 2009
WASHINGTON - The federal government wants to require companies for the first time to disclose how much greenhouse gases they're releasing into the atmosphere.
Okay, START WITH the SPORTS TEAMS and NASCAR!!! Then move on to the WAR MACHINES, 'kay? Hey, what are you doing fiddling around MY ASS?
The Environmental Protection Agency yesterday proposed mandatory reporting of the gases blamed for global warming from approximately 13,000 facilities nationwide. The regulation would cover companies that either release large amounts of greenhouse gases directly or produce or import fuels and chemicals that emit heat-trapping gases when burned.
Where you been this past winter, AP?
Refineries, automobile manufacturers, power plants, coal mines, and large manure ponds at farms would all have to report to the government emissions of at least six different gases.
But NO WAR MACHINE or NASCAR?
Companies would have to file their first reports in 2011. The EPA estimates the registry would cost companies about $127 million a year.
Which will be PASSED ON (pun intended) to YOU, Amurkns!!
Together, these facilities account for about 85 to 90 percent of the country's greenhouse gas emissions, the EPA said. "Our efforts to confront climate change must be guided by the best possible information," Lisa Jackson, EPA administrator, said in a statement announcing the proposed regulation....
Then YOU WOULD KNOW that the PLANET is in a COOLING PHASE, right?
Related: Obama to Admit 9/11 and Environment Frauds
"These emissions reporting rules are a welcome foundation for any serious program to curb global warming pollution," said David Doniger, climate policy director for the Natural Resources Defense Council, an environmental group....
Gees, with ALL THE CULTIST FART-MIST I'm NOT SURPRISED the earth is heating up!!!!!
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