Posted by
BLOGASSAULT on Sunday, February 22, 2009 12:12:40 PM
As expected,
the EPA will come out with a ruling on the evil dangers of CO2.
Like so many other things this administration does, it's more about the timing than the actual issue.
Ms. Browner declined to say exactly when the EPA would issue the finding or rulemaking, but EPA chief Lisa Jackson has indicated it could be on April 2, the anniversary of Mass Vs. EPA.
It is all coming together as planned for the Obama's global warming team, being this is the precurser to their cap and trade program.
Officially recognizing that carbon dioxide is a danger to the public sets would trigger regulation of the greenhouse gas emissions from coal-fired power plants, refineries, chemical plants, cement firms, vehicles and any other emitting sectors across the economy.
Industry fears it could shut down the economy, not only preventing plants to operate and a drastic retooling of the energy sector but also pushing costs up uncompetitively, while environmentalists say that Administration action is required by law and to pressure lawmakers to act.
But Ms. Browner said the Administration would prefer that Congress would draft legislation rather than co2 to be regulation under the Clean Air Act because lawmakers could develop a bill that could more deftly regulate the greenhouse gas through a cap-and-trade system.
It should be obvious that in this economic time, forcing energy companies to pass on more charges to customers because of expensive regulations is a really bad idea. Then, add to that more regulations on car companies that are all but insolvent already and that will make sure nobody buys a car in the near future. Gasoline, cement, and basic household cleaning products will all become more expensive because of CO2 regulation.
All this means is you the customer will pay more for all these items, because business is not going to just pay these new expenses out of the goodness of thier hearts. They will pass it on to you and me.
So get ready, it can still get worse before it gets better.