Comments on: Hillary Clinton’s climate change plans http://www.carboncommentary.com/2007/11/11/49 A critical appraisal of issues in the move to a low-carbon economy Wed, 20 Aug 2008 18:30:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: AlfredJSenior http://www.carboncommentary.com/2007/11/11/49#comment-153 AlfredJSenior Sun, 16 Dec 2007 20:14:16 +0000 http://www.carboncommentary.com/2007/11/11/49#comment-153 So why are the Democrats focusing on every sort of alternative energy fuel except hydrogen? Why are the Democrats particularly wild about a "dirty" carbon additive to gasoline that in use would actually increase CO2 emissions? 1. The folks that make the most off each gallon of liquid carbon fuel sold in this country are the Federal and State Governments. The average net profit an oil company makes on fuel is 2 to 10 cents on every gallon sold. The federal and state governments collectively make 50 to 60 cents in sales tax on every gallon sold. That in itself buys a lot of votes but the governments' profits don't stop there. Oil depletion allowances, Tax on oil corporation profits, and the funding of all sorts of union and government jobs tied into regulating the oil industry are built into each gallon of gas sold. And when you add "corn oil" to the gasoline, you open up a whole new area for regulation, taxation, power and control to the government folks whose whole lives like are about "running things" and "running other folks lives. So when you can produce hydrogen fuel from water using "free" solar or wind energy at home, what happens to all that tax money? It dries up and disappears, along with all the political power it generates and maintains. Do ya think either party but especially the Democrats are wild about that? Not on your life. That's why they are ignoring and distorting the emissionless hydrogen solutions. 2. Notice how many Democrats are moving into corn futures while they are passing fuel regulatory laws that will double the price corn (and all other sorts of food) in the not so distant future? It isn't the oil companies or auto companies that are the main block to cleaner alternative fuels. It is politicians heavily invested in taxation, control, political power and things like corn futures. Honda (Japanese Company) will offer a commercial hydrogen cell fuel automobile to the US market next year. I understand there are plans in the works to start putting up hydrogen generating and fueling stations as well as home based systems across the US. What do you bet the Democrats will pitch a fit and do everything in the world to stop this emission free solution. Forking greedy hypocrits! "There is no greed like government greed!" - AJJ So why are the Democrats focusing on every sort of alternative energy fuel except hydrogen? Why are the Democrats particularly wild about a “dirty” carbon additive to gasoline that in use would actually increase CO2 emissions?

1. The folks that make the most off each gallon of liquid carbon fuel sold in this country are the Federal and State Governments. The average net profit an oil company makes on fuel is 2 to 10 cents on every gallon sold. The federal and state governments collectively make 50 to 60 cents in sales tax on every gallon sold. That in itself buys a lot of votes but the governments’ profits don’t stop there. Oil depletion allowances, Tax on oil corporation profits, and the funding of all sorts of union and government jobs tied into regulating the oil industry are built into each gallon of gas sold.

And when you add “corn oil” to the gasoline, you open up a whole new area for regulation, taxation, power and control to the government folks whose whole lives like are about “running things” and “running other folks lives.

So when you can produce hydrogen fuel from water using “free” solar or wind energy at home, what happens to all that tax money? It dries up and disappears, along with all the political power it generates and maintains.

Do ya think either party but especially the Democrats are wild about that? Not on your life. That’s why they are ignoring and distorting the emissionless hydrogen solutions.

2. Notice how many Democrats are moving into corn futures while they are passing fuel regulatory laws that will double the price corn (and all other sorts of food) in the not so distant future?

It isn’t the oil companies or auto companies that are the main block to cleaner alternative fuels. It is politicians heavily invested in taxation, control, political power and things like corn futures.

Honda (Japanese Company) will offer a commercial hydrogen cell fuel automobile to the US market next year. I understand there are plans in the works to start putting up hydrogen generating and fueling stations as well as home based systems across the US. What do you bet the Democrats will pitch a fit and do everything in the world to stop this emission free solution. Forking greedy hypocrits! “There is no greed like government greed!” - AJJ

]]> By: Arthur Keller http://www.carboncommentary.com/2007/11/11/49#comment-83 Arthur Keller Sun, 25 Nov 2007 06:01:58 +0000 http://www.carboncommentary.com/2007/11/11/49#comment-83 Sen. Hillary Clinton's ideas make sense, but once again they are a reprise of the policies promoted by Sen. John Edwards. The batteries in plug-in hybrid vehicles aren't used in the manner you suggest, but are used to provide regulation services. A study by EPRI (the Electric Power Research Institute in Palo Alto, California, USA) suggests that 1 million plug-in hybrid vehicles outfitted with V2G (Vehicle-to-Grid) with a smart grid could provide regulation services in California with a value of $300-500/car/month. Sen. Hillary Clinton’s ideas make sense, but once again they are a reprise of the policies promoted by Sen. John Edwards.

The batteries in plug-in hybrid vehicles aren’t used in the manner you suggest, but are used to provide regulation services. A study by EPRI (the Electric Power Research Institute in Palo Alto, California, USA) suggests that 1 million plug-in hybrid vehicles outfitted with V2G (Vehicle-to-Grid) with a smart grid could provide regulation services in California with a value of $300-500/car/month.

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