Monday, August 16, 2010

Fuelin' Around


The Renewable Electricity Standard Is a Hoax, a Fraud, and a Rip-Off

The fraud relates to the idea that energy produced without CO2 emissions is "clean." This word "clean" is being misused, and that's a huge part of the problem. Of course, removing the genuine pollutants like sulfur oxides and nitrogen oxides and mercury from smokestacks is a real cleanup. It is already mandated by the Clean Air Act and being pursued adequately. But CO2 is not a pollutant—in spite of the claims of the EPA in its "Endangerment Finding," which has yet to be tested in court. CO2 is not toxic nor irritating nor visible—nor a climate-forcer of any significance, so the idea that we have to stop emitting CO2, or capture and sequester it, is a pure fraud.

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