Infographic: Carbon cap leads to jobs

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  Posted by pigdog Fri May 22, 2009 3:19pm PDT

  I think a better name for this program would be tax and trade. Who is going to pay for this? An investor expects a return on his money. This money comes from energy users ie. you and me. There has got to be a better way. I think we are on presently on the right path-- The US has produces more clean energy in the past few years than any other country

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  Posted by Mario Sun May 24, 2009 4:31am PDT

  A Trillion tax dollars for wars and oil but when it comes to creating jobs, reducing dependency on foreign oil and doing something about climate change the myopic start screaming. Wake up! Climate Change is real and we need to invest in a cleaner less violent future.

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  Posted by Charlie W Sun May 24, 2009 6:26am PDT

  This is propaganda BS. Plain and simple

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  Posted by tribilin219 Mon May 25, 2009 1:27pm PDT

  It's about time? What's taken so long? After all the tax breaks We are given the oil company's I can't see why we are paying so mush for gas? They made 45 Billion profit last year and 65 Billion the year before that! So why are we still given them tax breaks? Anyone who still wants to stay with oil and gas company,Works for them or they are stupid!!I for one want my children and Grandchildren to live in a better world then me with clean water and air,So what's taken so long?

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  Posted by Jonathan Tue May 26, 2009 10:09pm PDT

  No mention of any job losses... only gains. The net impact may be positive or negative depending on which industry lobbies you believe. Tribilin219, we aren't paying enough for gas... that is part of the problem. In Europe, they tax petrol consumption in order to a) reflect more of the true cost of burning it, and b) to reduce consumption.

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  Posted by Truthmaster Wed May 27, 2009 7:48am PDT

  This will cosy every consumer #3,000.00 per year in increased heating and coolong bills. That's what they are not telling you. This bill is going to hit consumers HARD! Tell you congressman and Senators to vote against this bill!

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  Posted by Kristian Mon Aug 10, 2009 2:09am PDT

  I think this cap and trade system is just what your country needs to get the investments i green technology speeded up. We have had a greet succes in DK with renewable energy - take a look at this link so see how we did it - Link tekst

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  Posted by Kristian Mon Aug 10, 2009 2:10am PDT

  http://kemin.dk/en-US/facts/danishexample/Sider/TheDanishExample.aspx The link didn't work - sorry !

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  Posted by Kristian Mon Aug 10, 2009 2:14am PDT

  The link did't work - I hope this will. It's from the danish Ministry of Climate - http://kemin.dk/en-US/facts/danishexample/Sider/TheDanishExample.aspx

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  Posted by Troy Sat Dec 12, 2009 5:53pm PST

  Cap and tax with the promise of job creation. The more a govt can tax the worse off we are. Could be job creation but over all would produce higher unemployment and a much bigger burden on everyone.

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