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if BHO has his way....

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122445812003548473.html

Jason Grumet is currently executive director of an outfit called the National Commission on Energy Policy and one of Mr. Obama's key policy aides. In an interview last week with Bloomberg, Mr. Grumet said that come January the Environmental Protection Agency "would initiate those rulemakings" that classify carbon as a dangerous pollutant under current clean air laws. That move would impose new regulation and taxes across the entire economy, something that is usually the purview of Congress. Mr. Grumet warned that "in the absence of Congressional action" 18 months after Mr. Obama's inauguration, the EPA would move ahead with its own unilateral carbon crackdown anyway.




And coal goes the way of the dodo, at the expense of the American worker who can no longer afford electricity. Oh wait, the government will step up to help.
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Originally Posted by neetanddave View Post
if BHO has his way....

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122445812003548473.html

Jason Grumet is currently executive director of an outfit called the National Commission on Energy Policy and one of Mr. Obama's key policy aides. In an interview last week with Bloomberg, Mr. Grumet said that come January the Environmental Protection Agency "would initiate those rulemakings" that classify carbon as a dangerous pollutant under current clean air laws. That move would impose new regulation and taxes across the entire economy, something that is usually the purview of Congress. Mr. Grumet warned that "in the absence of Congressional action" 18 months after Mr. Obama's inauguration, the EPA would move ahead with its own unilateral carbon crackdown anyway.




And coal goes the way of the dodo, at the expense of the American worker who can no longer afford electricity. Oh wait, the government will step up to help.
Actually I believe they expect to be getting electricity from Canada. And water as well.
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He's probably been talking to Stavros Dimas: http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081017...ingenvironment
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I'm currently as work, and my research abilities are kind of limited here. Does the article mean that these rules already exist, but are not being enforced at this particular time, or does it mean that carbon will be reclassifed under the existing laws?
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I'm currently as work, and my research abilities are kind of limited here. Does the article mean that these rules already exist, but are not being enforced at this particular time, or does it mean that carbon will be reclassifed under the existing laws?
Reclassified. Changes await.

Even the EU is trying to scale back some of theIR emission demands. Unreachable goals without bankrupting their economies.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/17/wo...se&oref=slogin

They fear that strict pollution rules in Europe will drive more companies to parts of Asia and elsewhere where environmental standards are lower.
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Gee, does this mean I will get fined if I light a fire in my fireplace with logs and paper? (because, burnt paper does give off carbon, as everyone who took 4th grade science knows). Not to mention all the manufactures that still use coal for their factories. Does he even have any idea how much this will cost to change in 18 months?
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Gee, does this mean I will get fined if I light a fire in my fireplace with logs and paper? (because, burnt paper does give off carbon, as everyone who took 4th grade science knows). Not to mention all the manufactures that still use coal for their factories. Does he even have any idea how much this will cost to change in 18 months?
85% of the non-coastal US gets their electricity from coal-fired plants. So what are they supposed to do???? Since the liberals really don't want nuclear either....

Maybe everyone's supposed to move to the coastal big cities.... where the government benefits are good.
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