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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;">tdmidget,</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;">I agree with all of your points.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This one is particularly succinct:</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #3366ff;">“Yeah, they are the same ones who want you to recycle paper to "save" trees.”</span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;">Which way is it with trees?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Are they a scarce resource that needs to be saved, even by such outlandish measures as using less toilet paper?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Or are they a renewable energy resource?</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;">One thing that people need to understand about this proposal is that it is not about finding a cheaper, better way of doing something.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is not about market economics.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is about eliminating the use of fossil fuels, and that objective comes at a cost.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The cost of green steam will be higher despite what the CSR website claims.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Many people do not believe there is a good reason to eliminate the use of fossil fuels, so they will not want to spend more to meet that objective. </span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;">Therefore, the only way for this to come to fruition is to be imposed by regulation under the assumption that it is for the greater good of society to eliminate the use of fossil fuels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></span></p>
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