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Politics : The Environmentalist Thread -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Elmer Flugum who wrote (27044)	12/15/2009 1:43:04 PM
From: HPilot	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 36917

but why oppose the ramping up of higher efficiency products? I don't think anyone opposes higher efficiency products. It's the carbon tax they hate.

To: Elmer Flugum who wrote (27044)	12/15/2009 2:10:19 PM
From: Peter Dierks	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 36917

Perhaps all of the scare tactics put forth by the environmentalists are over the top (and unprovable in the short-term), but why oppose the ramping up of higher efficiency products? I don't know anyone who objects to investing in renewable energy. Investing in higher cost sources always happens on its own as supplies of low cost resources become less available. I would not support denuding the planet of resources, but the proposals for cap and tax don't achieve a switch over either. Actually as costs skyrocket due to a new tax regime the pressure to utilize lower cost (pretochemicals) alternatives is intensified. Once government starts taxing it becomes an essential revenue source. Before long they would tax the renewables just as heavily. Why not come down on the side of conservatism? I certainly am on the side of conservation and fiscal conservatism. Do you mean to imply that I am not? Or was it a rhetorical question about Climate Alarm skeptics in general?