Nov 30, 2007

Analytical Crack Heads on $50 a ton of CO2

Reducing US Greenhouse Gas Emissions: How Much at What Cost?
The United States could reduce projected 2030 emissions of greenhouse gases significantly at a cost of less than $50 per ton of CO2...



Haase Comments:

This report is free for a reason, it is not worth the paper it was printed on…
 
Citing a report that reflects a "cost" associated with reduction is a "oxymoron", but swaying public perception and information in a paper called a "Research Report", is both political and financial propaganda.
 
But, I guess this has become common place in the utilization of "global warming" tactics based on "fear and greed marketing 101" to make the few rich for the many to suffer.
 
Green energy technology is currently the most lucrative financial investment for any energy companys (and growing faster than the .com boon)… or is math not a "The Conference Board 's" strong point . It must not be to anyone who would call dumping $100 Trillion dollars "manageable costs … not requiring big changes in consumer lifestyles,"
 
Billions of Eco-Energy dollars are being invested by the strongest U.S. companies including BP, GE and even Google (FOR PROFIT).
 
According to the DOE (and a few other's good at math) a $100 Trillion dollar investment in the U.S. geothermal, hydro or nuke programs would get America off middle east oil and return billions of annual dollars into our nations economy for decades to come.
 
However, like all things American, I believe investors and our nations great innovators will build better private energy programs without the need for financially "bloated" government overrun utilities.
 
Regardless, just throwing trillions CO2 reduction scams will do nothing to stop the Indonesian and Asian impact growing three to four fold annually of both production of green house gases and energy consumption.
 
Just as America handed these nations the technology, jobs, finical markets and resources to create their new eco and energy problems…. We also need to show them how to properly mitigate and resolve these problems.
 
In 2006 Total US Greenhouse Gas Emissions were down 1.5% From 2005… and the ONLY way to pull Asia and Indonesia out of eco and energy destruction is to the lead "the way".
 
The American way, "Do more good than harm".
 
Seriously, the only way for the authors of this report to get anything constructive out of it is to "put it in their crack pipe and smoke it".
 
Have a good weekend,
 
Chris