[AT] Speaking of propane:-: Methane

[David Rotigel]

Rob San, OUGak. Qisfth yu kung chee! Not filato, cullingus tht put  
solly dike in pussiation to bee biutton offs!
	Dave
PS, Kung Chee noooooo gud!



On Dec 8, 2008, at 9:25 PM, Rob Wilson wrote:

> What I'm afraid of are the people that actually believe this  
> malarkey. We
> will soon regulate ourselves into extinction but boy the world will  
> be here.
> China has no intention of jeopardizing their economy to save the  
> planet for
> us. They say let the rest of the world save the planet they'll just  
> keep
> making money. One of these days they will cash in the chips we owe  
> them and
> we won't have to worry about it.
> Rob
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com
> [mailto:at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf Of Stephen  
> Offiler
> Sent: Monday, December 08, 2008 8:40 PM
> To: Antique tractor email discussion group
> Subject: Re: [AT] Speaking of propane:-: Methane
>
> While I completely agree that this is utterly insane, consider this:
>
> Methane is a powerful "greenhouse gas".  It is many times more  
> potent than
> CO2 and all this "carbon footprint" crap we hear about constantly.   
> One of
> the most significant sources of methane is livestock.
>
> They're literally trying to discourage the raising of livestock by  
> making it
> more expensive to do so.
>
> But as Mike Sloane said to me recently in private email, "there are no
> simple solutions to complex problems" and global warming is a VERY  
> complex
> problem.
>
> Among all the various idiotic aspects of this, you've got no control  
> over
> livestock anywhere else in the world.  Suddenly imported meat and  
> dairy is
> cheaper.  And we send yet another industry overseas right behind
> Manufacturing.
>
> I am afraid, very afraid.
>
> Steve O.
>
>
> On Mon, Dec 8, 2008 at 6:34 PM, CEE VILL <cvee60 at hotmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Please stop the world and let me off. I do not feel like I fit in the
> Earth's society any more.  Read on if you wish.
>>
>>          "With the economy in bad shape and the possibility of a deep
>> recession looming, the Environmental Protection Agency is proposing  
>> to
>> levy new taxes-on cows and pigs,"
>> American Farm Bureau Federation Director of Regulatory Relations Rick
>> Krause told Wyoming Farm Bureau members at their annual meeting.
>> Krause spoke in Sheridan on Nov. 7. (Commonly referred to as a fart  
>> tax.)
>>           "This is no
>> laughing matter," Krause said.  "The cow tax and the pig tax are  
>> parts
>> of a larger scheme by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to
>> regulate greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act."
>> "Under the proposal, if a state charged the "presumptive minimum  
>> rate"
>> from the EPA, the cow tax would be $175 per dairy cow, $87.50 per  
>> head
>> for beef cattle and a little more than $20 per pig," Krause  
>> explained.
>> (Clearly the regulators like steak better than milk.) Could anyone
>> name a few celebrities and congress persons who could probably out  
>> gas
>> a cow about two to one??How long will it be before collector tractors
>> come under the same attack??I guess a new tax will prevent a cow from
>> passing gas.  Holy cow.  Who could have guessed that.  The inmates
>> really are running the asylum.Charlie V. in WNY
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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