EPA Issues Rosier 'Clear Skies' Analysis, Based on New Model
Jeffrey R. Holmstead, assistant EPA administrator for air and radiation . . . acknowledged that the new model would show the same proportionate increase in benefits for the competing Senate plans as it did for Clear Skies, but "we think this proposal [Clear Skies] is far superior from a public policy perspective."
That's because Clear Skies goes beyond the simple formulation that cleaner air results from tighter controls on emissions, Holmstead said.
When, of course, all good conservatives know that cleaner air results from increasing emissions.
It's all that fuzzy math from the Texas school system.
The Bushistas are terrible conservatives. They're crank radicals.
Can't they--just for once, just one time--actually live up to the label? A conservative shouldn't be expected to create any innovative environmental legislation, but they should at least hold the line on exploiting our natural resources.
We all know the reasons bleah bleah bleah. Yet another media failure we all know about too. I'm just so sick and disgusted with it all.
Conservatives. Lol, right. Lying killing freaks is more like it.
Lying killing freaks is more like it.
Wow, it would sure be easier to win elections if they marketed themselves that way.
Is this discussion over with?
I think for most of us--those without an axe left to grind--that thread is, indeed, over.
Actually its about increasing diversity.
The Bush Administration wants to increase the diversity of chemicals you inhale, eat, and drink.
Really....they just believe in affirmative action. The Democrats discriminate against all those chemicals just because they're dangerous...
Clear Skies sounds like a military aair-superiority doctrine.
Also from the article: If emission controls are too tight, power companies may have to switch from coal to natural gas, which burns more cleanly but also drives up the costs of heating homes and other consumer needs. With Clear Skies, by contrast, "you can achieve all these benefits without increasing reliance on natural gas," Holmstead said.
Increasing reliance on natural gas is a bad thing? Why have legislation of this sort if it doesn't encourage people to use more environmentally sound fuels?
Oh, yes, we want to clean up the planet. But not if it's going to cost extra...
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On a lighter note, New Zealand dairy farmers are protesting "Fart Tax":
Farmers will FART on
They're going to block the Wellington motorway with tractors during rush hour tomorrow morning. Should be hilarious, wish I could be there.
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Sure, just the way that reducing taxes increases revenue.
I swear, Republican dogma these days is like Dada. The more nonsensical the formulation, the better they seem to like it.