Richard Cowart on Emissions Trading

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enigma says: 01 Feb 2012 1:42

Look everyone is out to try and get as much money as they can. Everyone is getting greedy even down to paying to use there local supermarket carparks, thought it was bad enough having to pay for bottled water, theres no end to it really! 2012 is meant to be the end of the world anyway so lets all just get along and not screw everyone over and then if it doesnt end then we'll all be so use to being nice to each other that it will be the normal thing to do. What goes around comes around, its all in the karma!!!

Kaibo says: 12 Dec 2011 1:28

"Didn't I read somewhere Gillard has agreed that a large percentage of her carbon tax will be paid to some New World Order body she never mentions? Does anyone have knowledge of this ripoff? And what's in it for her?" Some 85% of our tax is destined to support third world countries who don't have the means to deal with climate change. I have searched for the proof of the above, but can't find out where it will go. However, as a strong economy, we are destined to be taxed excessively. There are no doubts this Federal Tax will not benefit Australians at all - not in the least. Besides that, we are a lone-star nation to be imposing this tax but it will become a global order soon to boost the Anglo-US NWO objectives.

Anonymous user says: 09 Nov 2011 1:03

Didn't I read somewhere Gillard has agreed that a large percentage of her carbon tax will be paid to some New World Order body she never mentions? Does anyone have knowledge of this ripoff? And what's in it for her?

Newcastle Builder says: 08 Nov 2011 8:28

This will add 20 Percent to all new house construction costs. The first home buyer will be extinct

Newcastle Builder says: 08 Nov 2011 8:25

House construction costs will go up 20 percent, if you thought new houses were expensive then add another $40,000 for the basic 4 bedroom 200m2 house. When the NSW Basix requirements came in in 2005 it added $10,000 on top of the standard house

Mido says: 24 Oct 2011 23:29

why have this carbon tax? its just going to screw normal people up maybe thats what the pm is trying to do but i dont know what do you guys think

wally says: 13 Oct 2011 9:54

i am sick of the labor and liberal party when are we going to get someone in as prime minister that actually remembers what it is like to be a small person on a basic wage and budget. they all lie to get in and than think of their own pockets. carbon tax is not a way of fixing the problem. get a real solution if there is one. and the reason why we are in this predictament is simple. humans think they know everything and we are a species of destruction.

Your Grandpa says: 12 Oct 2011 3:16

Just a quick thought here for everyone. This carbon tax does not change or solve our carbon issue...it merely just patches up the problem and does not fix it. To fix our carbon issue (not patch it) we need to find means of taking in our CO2 without emitting any CO2 in the process. I came across this company and their idea strikes me! If your truly worried about this damn thing look over this website!! www.co2x.com I mean it solves everything. I'm sick and tired of hearing government officials and everyone acting like a bunch of 5 year olds!

Rob says: 11 Oct 2011 2:37

I noticed on my electricity account that we are being charged for Greenhouse Emissions, is that effectively a carbon tax? Because I've been paying it for quite a while now.

submit to islam says: 06 Oct 2011 9:46

i think that it is a bad idea because we created the industrial revolution that now fuels the global economy! pollution is what made us rich and gave us all the beautiful material objects life got better after WW2, we mustnt stop innovating and we should continue polluting!!

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About this Event

22 Jun 2009

Carbon Prices, Consumer Costs, and Efficiency Solutions – Climate Action in the US and Ideas for the EU

About the Speech:

Richard Cowart outlined how “foundation policies” for clean energy, and especially energy efficiency, are necessary for successful reductions in GHGs.

He drew on his extensive experience advising the ten states of the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) and the US Congress on the design of cap-and-trade systems to outline lessons for the EU. In particular he argued that a “cap and invest” strategy is the best approach to carbon revenues [from carbon tax], especially if carbon revenues are recycled directly into programmatic energy efficiency measures.

About the Speaker:

Richard Cowart is the Director of European Programs for the Regulatory Assistance Project. RAP has worked in more than 40 US states and has trained government officials in 16 other nations.

Prior to joining RAP Mr. Cowart served for 13 years as Commissioner and Chair of the Vermont Public Service Board, and for five years as an Assistant Professor of Planning and Environmental Law at the University of California, Berkeley.

Over the past six years he has assisted the state and regional initiatives working to design carbon cap-and-trade programs in the US.

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