Gore at it again.

[MattCary]

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Honestly, I don't know a whole lot about Gore's legislation so I cannot say much about it. Politicians are motivated by profits so I'm always suspicious of them. They will say and do whatever it takes to get more money. What I do know is that carbon pollution is a real threat and it has real consequences. Coal, although not the only fuel, is cheap and plentiful and a great source of energy, but it is dirty. I think a carbon tax is a good thing because industries need to take responsibility for the damage they're causing with carbon pollution. I hope this isn't a bad exmaple: Your neighbor continuously waters his lawn so much that it floods yours. The water gets into your garage, your yard is mud, and your wife can't grow any flowers in the yard. Would you tell him to stop? Hopefully with the taxes collected from industrial pollution, we can fund projects and research to clean up this mess whether it concerns the industries, the land, or the people. However, with politicians that usually isn't the case. It seems like no one is truly for the people anymore. When I went to college, I didn't know what I wanted to do or study so I chose Environmental Science. The courses I took along with the research we conducted changed my view on people and life on this planet. While the work I do doesn't have anything to do with my degree, the lessons I learned still work on me.

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You are a Carbon based life form. You exhale Carbon.

I think a carbon tax on [u][i]you[/i][/u] is a good thing because [i][u]you[/u][/i] need to take responsibility for the damage [u][i]you're[/i][/u] causing with carbon pollution.

FTFY.

[Guest ThePunisher]

[quote name='Symbolic' timestamp='1352912314' post='845512']
When I went to college, I didn't know what I wanted to do or study so I chose Environmental Science. The courses I took along with the research we conducted changed my view on people and life on this planet. While the work I do doesn't have anything to do with my degree, the lessons I learned still work on me
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You're another one that got suckered in by the biased propaganda from the liberal elitest professors that would like for America to return to the horse and buggy days.

[Mark@Sea]

The current 'carbon tax' proposal will slightly more than double my electric bill. As every 'industry' (The grocery store, the gas station, the company that makes my .22 ammo, for heavens' sake) will take a hit with such a tax, what do you suppose the end result will be?

[gregintenn]

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But that's not right! It's a Prius! There is no way a BMW is better!

I always have wondered how good for the environment are those batteries that only last a limited amount of time?
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What does it cost to dispose of all these batteries once they've run their life cycle? If you figure the cost of the Prius, along with the fact that the battery is good for 100k miles and costs about $10k to replace, making it a disposable car at that point, you'll never come close to breaking even financially as opposed to buying a conventional car. I guess saving the planet feels good though, huh?

[Sam1]

Actually a lot of diesels produce less emissions than hybrids do on the highway.. It's just that a few of the green people seen black smoke coming out of a semi truck back in 1984 and since that point in time, diesels can do nothing to change their minds.