Thread: E.P.A. Expected to Regulate Carbon Dioxide

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/19/sc...l?pagewanted=1

"...under the clean air law any source emitting more than 250 tons of a declared pollutant would be subject to regulation..."

Guess we'll need to hold our breath? I did a rough calculation and the total population of the US emits around 459,000 tons of C02 per year.

Or maybe we'll have odd and even breathing days?

Oh yeah, no more farting either. wooohooo!



No.....really.....


Scott

Originally Posted by honedright

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/19/sc...l?pagewanted=1

"...under the clean air law any source emitting more than 250 tons of a declared pollutant would be subject to regulation..."

Guess we'll need to hold our breath? I did a rough calculation and the total population of the US emits around 459,000 tons of C02 per year.

Or maybe we'll have odd and even breathing days?

Oh yeah, no more farting either.



Aw come on...I'm just JOKING!



Scott

I have noticed an interesting trend in our government! every new bill or executive order leaves the real possibility for a tyranny or dictatorship to displace our constitution. Not that we haven't already been moving this way but the pace has quickened a bit. This is just another example!

also don't get me started on recycling... if you want my view just look up penn and teller recycling in google...

Maybe this is just a ploy to justify another tax based on our own individual "emission" levels?

Yeah! Ha ha ha! No more farting!!!

There's nothing better than intentional misprepresentation as a tool to forward a cynical agenda.

Cause, you know, the intention of the law is SURELY to regulate the biological function of every individual American, rather than, as the article states, to encourage the E.P.A. to investigate the validity of claims that CO2 is a pollutant that should be regulated or not.

You know, there are times when I think that people really want to be ignorant...

Originally Posted by JimR

Yeah! Ha ha ha! No more farting!!!

There's nothing better than intentional misprepresentation as a tool to forward a cynical agenda.

Cause, you know, the intention of the law is SURELY to regulate the biological function of every individual American, rather than, as the article states, to encourage the E.P.A. to investigate the validity of claims that CO2 is a pollutant that should be regulated or not.

You know, there are times when I think that people really want to be ignorant...

Aw come on Jim...

But maybe I am a little cynical. Second hand cigarette smoke has been classified as an air pollutant and now, in many cities, smoking is regulated by law.

I don't mind investigations to validate claims. It's how that information is eventually used that bothers me.

Scott