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Climate Legislation Would Slow Economy Without Promised Benefits
- From NCPA
By National Center for Policy Analysis - Seeking Private Sector Solutions
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How can you slow what's already stopped?
How could it slow the economy? Already, nearly everything U.S. consumers buy is made in China, or another exempt country. If China is exempt, how will that change anything?
If these countries account for such high emissions (which, don't have an impact? or do they?), then the problem is those countries.
Lastly, dead people can't be consumers. Neither can sick people, poor people, or displaced people. Or all of the above. Without climate legislation, that's where we are headed.
- SocialistBetty
December 25, 2008 1:25AM
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How can you slow what's already stopped?
How can you enact legislation to try and slow Global Warming at risk of pushing the already teetering economy off the cliff of despair when it has already stopped?
If you look closely at Al Gore's little chart, you can see that the warming comes slightly before the CO2 rise. Warming causes an increase in CO2. This is why the earth hasn't burst into flames yet, even though CO2 levels are far higher than they've ever been. Furthermore, Russian scientists have started to say that Global Warming is over, and that we are now entering a period of Global Cooling. But wait, weren't we just in Global Cooling back in the 70s? Oops...
It's all a hoax to try to scare people into trying to protect the enviornment. Should we protect the enviornment? Yes. Should we tell stories to terrify people into doing it? No.
- richardsonkr
January 15, 2009 7:58PM
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Climate Legislation Would Slow WHOSE Economy?
Climate Legislation Would Slow WHOSE Economy?
I assume you mean the US economy .
Electric cars are real and are on the way. But other than Tesla, a niche player and a tiny one at that, US companies are either not playing in this game or are way behind. Where is the GM Volt? (and it is not going to be pure electric anyway)
Better Place, based in Palo Alto partnered with Renault-Nissan.
And Li-ion batteries? US companies missed the boat there too. That's all dominated by Japan, Korea, and China.
And what about the raw material Lithium? US doesn't play there either.
What about other forms of renewable energy ?
The US has great chances with solar power. Applied Materials is very strong here. However, they have so much of their production outsourced to other countries, mainly in Asia, that when the intermission in the solar boom is over, it will not mean much for American workers anyway.
Wind turbines?
GE Energy is very strong. But again, this gear is made all over the planet. Who knows how much that actually helps the US economy.
- Rave
September 23, 2009 2:49AM
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