Hello all…I have been educating my “liberal” friends on the toxic Cap & Trade legislation. I got this response from one of my environmentalist friends. It’s absurd. This is what we are up against…to wit:
Be careful. Don’t become a Republican nationalist.
Ron Paul’s people are good for some things, but purely reactionary in others.
The bottom line is that real change (in policy, government, the environment, etc) has historically always come from the people, at the bottom of the “get fucked” pile. So think about it this way: What’s the possibility that the customers of all these companies (that are going to be taxed) will stand idly by and accept having there prices increased? I bet that there will be companies out there that keep their prices lower to beat the others, even with the tax increase. There’s your free market at work. Obama isn’t ignorant. He knows the costs will be passed along. But he also knows that when things cost more, people use them less - look at the price of petrol in EuropeUSA are some of the worst wasters of energy and materials, because it’s all so damn cheap. What if that changed? What if the convenience wasn’t so convenient anymore? compared to here. So maybe the plan is at least two-fold. We in the
Also, even though the economy sucks, Obama realizes that this kind of regulation has to happen now, no matter what. The environment is too far gone. My only concern with this is that it’s not enough. Too little, too late.
So, to the people who think only about what it’s going to cost them on a monthly/yearly basis, I would ask “What about your great grandkids? What will they have to pay if we don’t do this now?” It sucks that we’re having to pay for the last one hundred years of industrialization, but that’s our task if we want the human race to continue.
And as far as the solar panels in Nevada are concerned, this was a pilot project. It costs more to do that one project than it would if we built similar facilities across the country at every governmental institution. Just like a TV pilot, invest a bigger chunk of change in showing the prototype. It’s an investment. And with this project, 3000 are off the grid completely. I did cost $100 million, but in 100 years that’ll be pocket change… If we’re still around.
And as far as money is concerned, you know as well as I do, it’s more of an idea than anything solid. It only has the power and weight that we give it.
I’ve been having a good time picking apart the flawed logic in this response. I figured I let you guys help this guy out. It’s good practice!