Posted on 05/23/2018 11:45:07 AM PDT by rey
Why are tariffs a bad thing? Better than the income tax. What’s the aversion to tariff in the USA? THE REST OFF THE WORLD USES/HAS THEM.
You know, if everyone would agree to be poor and/or die, all these problems would go away.
The enviros hate nuclear energy just as much as coal, oil and natural gas.
They want us to use wind and solar, exclusively.....................
Ping.
Have they plugged that Hawaiian volcano yet?
How many other volcanoes cookin’ off on any given day?
Agreed - tariffs are used all over. Trade agreements between two or more countries are nothing but pre-agreed tariff and quota levels on a huge range of products. If we wanted true free trade we would have no trade agreements at all. There definitely is no such thing as a "free trade agreement."
The only issue with tactically applied tariffs is that the trade environment can change unpredictably for producers, importers and exporters which can perturb their businesses, employees and markets.
There you go.
I don’t know if we should mention this to Leftists or not.
They’re such a brittle bunch.
In a few hours, those volcanoes will probably emit more emissions than humans do in a couple of centuries.
The cost of nuclear maintenance would be far too much for any shipping company.
The reason there are few accidents is because the standards for nuclear plant safety are far above any other machines on earth. To weld a single pipe requires certified welders with security clearance, certified materials and multiple tests/inspections by licensed engineers.
It would also be a target for state sponsored terrorists/pirates so security would need to be at a military level.
Until nuclear is made inherently safe and impossible to be used by terrorists, it will never be profitable in private ships. One bad accident can irradiate an entire continent.
Big ships at sea burn DFM or #1 Diesel. Its ran thru centrifugal purifiers and service filters before its put into the engines because just one of the pistons of one of the engines in a vessel like this costs more than your family made last decade. If it was purchased out of the US it is probly hi in sulfur, but the fuel used to move the worlds ships around the ocean is pristeenly clean.
“Slight” over-hyped-exaggeration alert! (Naturally. By another eco-warrier writer.)
Yup.
Chain these winners to an oar for fifteen years and they’ll sing a different tune.
Wait.
Aren’t these the same crop of Malthusian views who spent the entire decade of the 1970’s howling about overpopulation and clamoring for ZPG?
And replacing a Wärtsilä engine does not make ship owners happy.
So is this article already out of date? Sure seems so.
https://gcaptain.com/shippings-2020-low-sulphur-fuel-rules-explained/
If we manufactured more and China less our factories create less pollution than China’s. And no shipping pollution.
Environmentalists should be supporting the tariffs.
Liberals cry about “thousands of deaths because of the filthy fuel”, but don’t bat an eye at millions of abortions.
Usual leftist eco-propagandists ...
I simply say to THEM and anyone following their writings :
IF YOU HAVENT GIVEN UP YOUR CAR, YOUR AIR CONDITIONING, YOUR WINTER HEATING, YOUR HOLIDAYS IN DISTANT LANDS — *YOU* ARE PART OF THE PROBLEM AND A HYPOCRITE.
(it is usually at that point they start shrieking insults and run away VERY fast).
Let the Enviro’s help us for a change!
Good luck enforcing that in international waters. Ships could be "dual-fuel" capable, though - just switch tanks to the cleaner stuff as you approach coastal areas.
Maybe the greenies can pass a law requiring all volcanoes have catalytic converters.
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