Comments on: Carbon market is closely watching the U.S.

While the market for carbon allowances is much further developed in other parts of the world, the next steps the global market takes will be heavily influenced by the United States, experts say.

[mRfung]

argh! the whole notion of a Carbon Market frustrates me. What the hell happened to simple rules and regulations. I do not believe the kabillions of dollars that taxing this and that carbon related will actually help create tech and subsidize it. Its just a ploy to get to taxing everything, movement, breathing, what food you eat even if produced by ones self, blah blah. Crush the little people expand the giants, consolidate resources and power, Control!!!

If all these bail outs and the credit crash is anything to go by, none of this is in earnest. Its all a farce. Ive lost total faith in our governing bodies and the capitalist system. This lack of transparency and any notion of a democratic decision making process on huge commitments enslaving us to debt is total BS. There needs to be some real heart and truth wielded, or I'm voting for total collapse.

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rant.

[anilsudh]

These are the same idiots who cannot forecast tomorrow's weather accurately.

[unknown unknown]

Sounds like a giant scam to me.

[bj1126]

Madoff is envious of these guys.

[dwimmer38]

One big scam that the left winged idiots are buying into at the expense of the rest of us. Hopefully we will survive Obama's 4 years.

[BogusBasin]

What would Jesus do? Lower taxes! Drill baby drill! Wink wink. You betcha. Amen

[GKrynen]

Um, I guess I am not an idiot in this case. The only way to reduce airborne carbon is through growing trees. A giant sequoia does not pull all of that mass out of the earth. If it did there would be little ground to support it at all. Trees in particular pull carbon and other elements from the air to build there mass. Once knocked over and covered it compresses into a carbon form and if enough pressure is applied, oil. Plant large trees, use dirt/adobe/sand with polymer/white glue for strength to build eco-friendly insulated homes.

[BtmnHatesRbn]

Commies in America are green, not red.

[Endbringer]

How can you tax something that every single human being emits? It's natural. Besides, there's no credible scientific evidence that man's tiny addition to the carbon dioxide in the atmosphere actually increases the global temperature. It's all based on computer models. That's not science. The surface temperatures rely on faulty locations. There are dozens of variables that are a part of the system that are just assumed (yeah, that's good science right there). And to beat it all, the Earth hasn't even warmed for over 8 years. In fact, it's COOLER. How come the computer models didn't predict this? Perhaps it's because there are just too many variables and we don't understand them all right now.

But hey, I'm only using logic. So let's just go ahead and cripple our economy for some science that hasn't been proven. Let's just give away our inalienable rights to life, liberty, happiness, and property.

[brandonh33]

This really makes me angry. This not only brings down the small guys, but destroys the major companies that make the United States the great country that it is. These are actually aimed at the large companies such as car makers and energy providers.

This is the kind of thing that created the whole mess at GM in the first place. The government is pressuring GM to make cleaner smaller cars. What happens? GM is forced to make cars like the Chevrolet Cobalt. Nobody wants a Cobalt. The cars that are in demand are being hit with gas guzzler taxes, taxes, taxes and now carbon taxes. The government is purposely making it nearly impossible to sell the cars that are in higher demand because GM can no longer sell those cars at reasonable prices. What happens when you cant produce the cars that people want and are forced to produce cars that nobody wants? You get GM in serious trouble. The government then has a bailout and is throwing hundreds of billions of dollars into a company they are already set on destroying. They are not allowing the free market to work.

How do they justify putting our American tax dollars in this situation? How do they justify basing all these claims and taxes that are ruining our economy on global warming, which hasnt even reached the scientific level of theory? How do they justify labeling Global Warming a fact solely based on their personal agendas?

The government got us in the economic situation that we are in, and they intend to solve the problem they have created with socialism and more taxes. There is no logic behind this. If they had not gotten in the way of the free market we would have none of these issues.