the flaw is that they also have no incentive to stop if we don't. And If neither country stops, gee, there are more emission than if ne of them does. Oh yeah, and I am trying to breathe over here. That's the big one for me....
On Sun, Dec 21, 2008 at 6:15 PM, Robert Munn <[email protected]> wrote: > The nuclear industry has been authorized to receive the kinds of subsidies > that are offered to large infrastructure projects - money to deal with > state > and local licensing processes, R & D money for technological improvements, > tax breaks, loans and loan guarantees, and insurance against lawsuits. > There > is some money available for operating costs, but not a lot. If Obama starts > doling out money for bridges and roads, that industry is going to get the > same kinds of incentives. > > A mother can see the flaw in the fact that the Chinese, within a few years, > will be dumping far more pollutants in the air than we do today? Their > pollution, as Sam pointed out, comes here. We could have zero emissions in > ten years and have worse air quality than we do today on the West Coast > because of China. Where is the flaw? > > On Sun, Dec 21, 2008 at 4:36 AM, Dana <[email protected]> wrote: > > > My point is that oil and nuclear power plants do in fact receive huge > > subsidies and this is in fact part of their business model. I am not sure > > how viable ethanol is but wind and solar, given a tenth of the subsidies > > oil > > recieves, could easily be quite profitable, thank you. > > > > As for your whole contention that there si no point in trying to fix > > anything because the Chinese are polluting too... any mother can see the > > flaw in that one. > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:283224 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
