First Name | donald |
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Last Name | jepson |
Email Address | djepson@senecafoods.com |
Affiliation | California Tax Payer and Voter |
Subject | Opposition to Cap and Trade Program |
Comment | There is no question that we are having a GLOBAL climate change occur. The causitive agents have been incorrectly identified as Man Made green house gases. From current articles and publications, it appears that only 5.5% of the global green house gases generated are man made. California emits 1.2% of the man made green house gases. The reality is that passing a Cap and Trade program in California will not have any measurable effect on the GLOBAL greenhouse gas emissions. Cap and Trade will basically add costs of operation to businesses in California and restrict industrial growth. This will increase costs of all goods and services that require energy to produce. This is an added burden that Californians can ill afford especially when the unemployment rate is at 12.5%. The increased cost of Cap and Trade will disrupt the state economy and stop recovery from the current recession. The Cap and Trade plan is being pushed by finanical interests that see a new market place for them to buy and sell commodities. This will generate hugh windfall profits for the commodity traders. There has been inadequate consideration given to the impact this new added cost will have on the economy of the state. The focus of the CARB and businesses in the state needs to be on making our businesses more efficient and less polluting. Our manufacturing sector is one of the most efficient in the world. It makes more sense to reduce green house gases by producing goods and services in the most efficient facilities here in the USA instead of having them produced in primitive inefficent plants in developing countries. The greenhouse gases are a global phenomenon. We need to focus on reducing man made greenhouse gases in other ways than cap and trade if we want to reduce global green house gas emissions.. |
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Date and Time Comment Was Submitted | 2010-11-01 10:18:14 |
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