Posted by admin | Posted in Green Energy | Posted on 03-03-2010
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Do you agree that if you don’t put a price on carbon emissions, you’re not serious about energy independence?
This is a statement from Republican Senator Lindsey Graham from South Carolina. Note that he’s no liberal. Graham has a lifetime American Conservative Union rating of 89.79, and they consider him a ’standout’ for his conservative voting record.
Graham says:
“To jump-start nuclear power, wind and solar and the green economy, you’ve got to price carbon…How you do it is subject to discussion and open debate. But the idea of not pricing carbon, in my view, means you’re not serious about energy independence. The odd thing is you’ll never have energy independence until you clean up the air, and you’ll never clean up the air until you price carbon.”
Kerry, Graham, and Lieberman are working behind closed doors on a new measure that puts a limit on carbon while expanding domestic energy production.
Do you agree with Graham that if you don’t put a price on carbon emissions, you’re not serious about energy independence?
This is pure conservative economics. This is the free market speaking and it works.
Anyone who confuses a trade system with tax knows nothing about economics and should not be answering this question. When any resource is given for free, it is wasted. Vast amounts of water is wasted by Southern California agribusiness because it is subsidized and the business do not need to address the real cost of water. The same is true of unpolluted air: if companies are allowed to pollute freely, they will do so endlessly.
It is only liberal lovers of big government and give-aways who protest cap-and-trade. Only commies protest it. Those who have paid a little attention to history and learned that the free market creates more commerce and more wealth embrace the cap-and-trade. It is the free market tool.
In a true free-market, all costs are paid by those to create them.
Options for Electrical Generation at Your Home 7, Mark Bauer – 09 Renewable Energy Conference