Beam me to Planet Gore !
Posted on 05/21/2008 12:35:50 PM PDT by SmithL
SAN FRANCISCO — The Bay Area's air pollution board today became the first in the United States to charge businesses fees for the global warming gases they emit.
The fees, ranging from $180,000 a year for a large oil refinery to $1 annually for a service station, would fund district efforts to calculate, study and control carbon dioxide, methane and other warming gases.
Representatives of oil refineries and several business groups opposed the fee, saying it would duplicate and interfere with the state's landmark law to control global warming gases statewide.
Air board administrators and board members said their efforts would complement the attempts by the California Air Resources Board to rein in global warming gases.
The fees were approved on a 15-1 vote. Mike Shimansky, a Danville Town Council member who serves on the Bay Area board, said he worries that once established, the fees will grow sharply in coming years.
The fees, effective July 1, will raise $1.1 million from 2,500 Bay Area businesses that already have air district permits that limit their emissions of smog-forming gases. Most would pay $1 or less a year.
(Excerpt) Read more at contracostatimes.com ...
The inmates are running the insane asylum.
Air board administrators and board members said their efforts would complement the attempts by the California Air Resources Board to rein in global warming gases.
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What a crock!
Leeches, bleeding the masses ..
I guess citizens will need to be monitored for their personal methane releases.
I can see them saying “$1 per year; that’s not so bad.” Oh, but it’s just a start.
What’s the goal here? Easy; to raise $1.1 million in revenues. More money for bureaucracy. More disincentive for productive private business.
Bureaucracies exist to consume and consume to exist. They do nothing to solve the problems they were created to solve, only perpetuate them. They also abuse the rights of the individual in the exercise of the power of the State.
ALL POWER TO THE SOVIETS!!!!!
What a bunch of crap. These refiners could easily afford at least a million a year and the gas stations should be paying at least several 10's of thousands. /s
What a bunch of crap. These refiners could easily afford at least a million a year and the gas stations should be paying at least several 10's of thousands. /s
For Ancient Roman, it’s called a “tribute”. Gangsters call it “protection money”.
I don't give a hoot what the San Fransicko freaks do, businesses that stay there deserve what they get. But if this insane notion comes to a place near you, Raise Hell! This simply generates funds for EcoFreaks who want to put you out of business! This disguised tax will increase astronomically over time and will give the Greenies incredible power over you.
“...would fund district efforts to calculate, study and control carbon dioxide, methane and other warming gases.”
Translation: Some board member’s retarded nephew needs a job.
Once they start “taxing” or setting “fees” on global warming we will NEVER get rid of this hoooeey.
Look for a similar “fee” on your phone bill in the not-too-distant future..
Of course, this is the real story. Busineses get to fund government employees, who are paid to harass the businesses, generating higher fees, which funds more government employees . . .
Interesting way to shut down refinerys and have Gas Blackouts. DOH
Ha, that is a funny one. What a joke. Quit pulling my leg.
My first inclination as a business owner would be to refuse to pay. If they were able to get a court to force me to pay, my next inclination would be to move the business, the jobs that go with it, and the resulting tax revenues out of the jurisdiction. Easy solution.
This year has been a disaster thus far. Welcome aboard the SST to hell. The socialists are running the nuthouse.
How do you move a refinery, what with regulations and all?
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