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2007-10-26 Europe

Sarko, Goracle unveil green master plan for France

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Posted by Seafarious 2007-10-26 00:00|| || Front Page|| [6 views ] Top

#1 Heh..heh...heh. Looks like he saw you comin, Nicky. Did he put his arm around ya and look into your eyes? he learned that move from Clinton.
Come back and see us in a few years. Let us know how it works out...

Environmentalists said the tax, calculated from the greenhouse gases emitted to produce and market goods, would be "painless" for consumers and business, starting at a few cents per litre of fuel. Gradually increasing each year, its proceeds would be used, for instance, ummmmmmmmmmm....to fund the transfer of freight from road to rail. Yeah! That's a good one!

And you can trust them "environmentalists" because they're not like the others...

Posted by tu3031 2007-10-26 10:54|| 2007-10-26 10:54|| Front Page Top

#2 This is a typical Euro solution to a problem. Create a tax, build up a fund, and have no real plan for what to do with the money. We are talking billions of Euros here. It would be better to hone in on some issues that some real good could be done, like real alternative sources of energy, or higher efficiencies, and get some entrepeneurs going on it for some millions instead of billions.

Sarkozy is jumping on the Al Gore Kool-Aid bandwagon. The issues are driven by feelings and buzzwords, and not on rational thinking.

Posted by Alaska Paul">Alaska Paul 2007-10-26 14:05|| 2007-10-26 14:05|| Front Page Top

#3 Create a tax, build up a fund, and have no real plan for what to do with the money.

They've already got a pretty damn good one with that VAT at 19%.

Posted by Besoeker 2007-10-26 14:12|| 2007-10-26 14:12|| Front Page Top

#4 France is small enough that High Speed Rail makes sense. Quicker point to point than air when you figure in all of the BS at the airports at either end. With the containerization of freight traffic I wonder just how much is aready moving on rail in France. The RRs in the US have been taking business from the trucking companies as far as long didtance container traffic is concerned for years. But the Carbon Tax will most likely not go for the infrastructure needed to expand rail networks but for social entitlements IMO

Posted by Chedderhead 2007-10-26 17:08|| 2007-10-26 17:08|| Front Page Top

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