The Australian Government tried to get one passed, but was thrown out by the senate.
It is just a clever way of putting a huge TAX on everything to try and balance their buget.
Why should the less well off have to suffer by paying more for power food just because of all the hot air coming [...]
It has been proven that there’s more pollution generated to create the ethanol than the decrease that’s seen when used in the engines. Ethanol also has 30% less energy per unit burned than gasoline therefore it takes more of it to produce they same power in the engine resulting in a 30% decrease in gas [...]
I’ve looked at a number of different sources, and they all give different answers ranging from 25% to 50%.
I just need to know, what percentage of the greenhouse gas emissions in the USA are due to energy production, such as coal plants? How about for the entire planet?
And could you please provide your source? [...]
How can a common man contribute in reducing carbon emission?
Replace a regular incandescent light bulb with a compact fluorescent light bulb (cfl).CFLs use 60% less energy than a regular bulb. This simple switch will save about 300 pounds of carbon dioxide a year.
#Install a programmable thermostat
Programmable thermostats will automatically lower the heat or air conditioning [...]
I know it has been denied, but can someone explain it to me?
The Emissions Trading Scheme is basically about setting a price for carbon dioxide emissions large companies purchase "carbon credits" allowing them to pollute up to a certain amount. Heavy polluters are still able to buy additional carbon credits and charge consumers (us) extra [...]
How true is that?
i will do my own poll,so do you believe in Global Warming?
and would you support a emissions trading scheme?(E.T.S.)$2,000 per household?
Well gees i posted it in the Australian section under Climate Change and an ETS is an emissions trading scheme,
Malcolm Turnbull is supporting an ETS for reasons that he knows [...]
I need this for my chemistry powerpoint.
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yes it does.
but it’s far smaller.
industrial power plants are far more efficient at extracting energy from coal, or oil, or natural gas, than our cars or trucks are.
http://www.fueleconomy.gov/FEG/atv.shtml
"Only about 15% of the energy from the fuel you put in your tank gets used to move your car down [...]
