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The coal's technology? The state's?
FAILIN.
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On another note, I had no idea Palin could write.
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The rest is clearly God's work.
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I was unaware coal had its own technology. We should really take care of coal before it decides to rise up against us, and burn OUR bodies for warmth.
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"Hey, Ford, fuck you and your lame pension program! But here's my latest idea for a moderately priced sport utility vehicle."
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What are you talking about? They should have that little mess in Harriman, Tenn. cleaned up in no time.
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I got a chill when I read that last sentence. Are you naturally lead to be in favor of it because of the "save the earth" and the "hated by energy conglomerates" part, or the "Obama says" part?
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Still, Cap and Trade doesn't really do anything other than tax the shit out of consumers and industries that can least afford it. I'd be in favor of a plan like this if we invested in making alternative fuel technologies more available and affordable prior to its inception.
To me Cap and Trade is like taxing the hell out of driving a car when there is no public transportation available in a city. You have no true alternatives.
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Please, don't take my making fun of Sarah Palin as any sort of support for Cap and Trade. As soon as I figure it out, I will be strongly against it.
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Cap and Trade imposes significant taxes on energy which will hit the vast majority of Americans, saving those who are "poor enough" to qualify for energy credits - whatever those are. More importantly, it will tax the industrial complex of our nation at a time we and they can least afford it.
There must be a better way to encourage alternative energy sources than taxing the shit out of our current ones. The US has had a horrible energy policy for 20+ years. This will make it no better.
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Unless you plan on capping rates (and we saw how well that worked out in California a few years back), consumer energy costs will soar under this plan.
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I've been trying for year's to have Southern CT Gas bring the gas line up our street 115 feet so I can use natural gas for heating vs oil. Five other neighbors would jump on the nat gas band wagon with me. They won't do it.
I would not be against Cap and Trade if we had other options available to the consumer and industry.
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I hope the US can develop viable alternatives to the fossil fuels and foreign dependence on oil without cap and trade happening first. After additional options are available, cap and trade makes sense to me.
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Consumers, in the form of city, county, and state legistlators, had everything to do with nuclear power becoming undesirable to end-users. It's true that 3 Mile Island was a catalyst but that event also taught us that the safety regulations put in place by the US government worked. People became afraid of it though, and after Chernobyl, no amount of safety precautions could be placed to convince most that nuclear power at least as safe as any other method, and a whole lot less expensive in the end.
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