Obama announces stronger action on U. S. power plants - page 3.

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Quote from: abasin on August 04, 2015, 12:22:24 PM

Don't know if it's everywhere but many areas have utility assistance for low income households

Ok well that would cover the poor and the fixed income people.

But that program has a tax burden and that burden will be increased and its the middle class that will feel that increase in addition to the increase of their own utility bills.

So how will the middle class afford it?

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Quote from: rio3232 on August 04, 2015, 12:27:18 PM

And what about those that do not qualify as 'low income', but are still struggling to make ends meet? This is just another tactic to kill off the middle class.

Just like regulating smog emissions did

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Obama: If you want to build a coal power plant, I'll bankrupt you

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fVW9g9JVCY4&feature=youtu.be

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Quote from: abasin on August 04, 2015, 12:22:24 PM

Don't know if it's everywhere but many areas have utility assistance for low income households

And what about those that do not qualify as 'low income', but are still struggling to make ends meet? This is just another tactic to kill off the middle class.

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Quote from: rio3232 on August 04, 2015, 12:21:37 PM

Quote from: abasin on August 04, 2015, 12:19:33 PM

Water is also necessary for life....but it can still kill you.

So true...so I guess we should do away we all water on the plant....or at least attempt to minimize it's availability. Damn, now I'm afraid to go outside on rainy days.

No, you need to just think clearly. Better, just let your betters think for you. They will handle this problem and you will not have to worry about it. They will give you a booklet with coupons, and you can redeem them every day for just the right amount of water - so you don't have to worry about water killing you.

You see how easy that was? Every day things just get better and better.

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Quote from: abasin on August 04, 2015, 12:22:24 PM

Don't know if it's everywhere but many areas have utility assistance for low income households

And who pays for this "utility assistance"?

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Quote from: abasin on August 04, 2015, 12:23:24 PM

Not my point, but let's not pretend that anything essential to life can't also be dangerous

Getting out of bed in the mornings can be dangerous.

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Quote from: rio3232 on August 04, 2015, 12:21:37 PM

So true...so I guess we should do away we all water on the plant....or at least attempt to minimize it's availability. Damn, now I'm afraid to go outside on rainy days.

Not my point, but let's not pretend that anything essential to life can't also be dangerous

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Quote from: KriszDev on August 04, 2015, 12:20:46 PM

Winters coming.How will the poor and people on fixed incomes afford the increased utility bills?

Don't know if it's everywhere but many areas have utility assistance for low income households

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Quote from: abasin on August 04, 2015, 12:19:33 PM

Water is also necessary for life....but it can still kill you.

So true...so I guess we should do away we all water on the plant....or at least attempt to minimize it's availability. Damn, now I'm afraid to go outside on rainy days.

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Winters coming.How will the poor and people on fixed incomes afford the increased utility bills?

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Water is also necessary for life....but it can still kill you.

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President Barack Obama challenged America and the world to step up efforts to fight global warming on Monday at the formal unveiling of his administration's controversial, ramped-up plan to cut carbon emissions from U.S. power plants.

Declaring climate change the greatest threat facing the world, Obama said the regulation requiring the power sector to cut its emissions by 32 percent from 2005 levels by 2030 would reduce Americans' energy bills and improve the health of vulnerable populations nationwide.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/08/03/us-usa-climatechange-idUSKCN0Q820I20150803

Sticking to the facts, it is accurate to state that today, carbon dioxide (CO2) makes up less than 0.04% of the Earth's atmosphere. It is also factual to state that carbon dioxide is a natural organic compound that is absolutely necessary for life on this planet! Here's a pie chart produced by the National Weather Service (as unbiased as I could find):

OK, all this focus in on an essential atmospheric compound that makes up less than 0.04%.... But, today's modern coal-fueled power plants have state-of-the-art electrostatic scrubbers on them that have reduced emissions to such a healthy point that no American city is plagued with the dirty air we used to see in so many cities, like our big city of Denver, Colorado, back in the 1970's.

Now, what do you imagine the probable effect is going to be on your UTILITY BILLS after Obama has bankrupted the entire U. S. coal industry? In favor of what? Solar? Wind? Biomass? None of those can even begin to make up the loss of coal, and the costs would be stupid-expensive. Natural gas? Sure, we have enough of it, but what do you imagine the cost of natural gas will skyrocket to without coal to offset it?

Obama should have announced a new initiative to develop hydrogen fusion power, which would give us unlimited, non-polluting energy from fusion processes using SEA WATER, and continue burning clean coal in plants with the most advanced scrubbers until we have mastered fusion. Instead, he's throwing this new, expensive burden on top of us, and at a time when it will cost all of us, directly and indirectly, a lot more of our hard-earned money. But, hey, we've recovered from the Recession, and everybody's awash in big money now... right...?!

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