Re: Global warming the scams, the costs, the idiot consumers
- From: "Just Looking" <skgaskhg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2006 09:04:34 -0400
imbecile republiscum thinking at its best ...
oil is a finite raw material
the consumption increases at neck breaking speed
plus all cars produce pollution
regardless of the percentage of the global warming caused by industries, WHY
NOT
LOOK FOR A BETTER WAY TO PRODUCE ENERGY?
Oh, right, this retard "Leftist=Traitors" is worried that the next Big Oil
executive will not get $400,000,000 retirement package ...just think that A
HALF BILLION DOLLARS
WAS HANDED TO A SINGLE GUY HEADING FOR THE CRIPT ...
while we all pay through the nose at the pump.
"Leftists = traitors" <rander3127@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:1145357246.435971.327010@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
The "business" of global warming.
Like make-believe? Well, believe it when some "industry experts"
pretend global warming
theory is good for people. That is, if you believe that hugely rising
costs, business
non-competitiveness coupled with modest or non-existent income-gains
are going to help people.
But lets hear some propaganda about this;
Strategies for a warmer (or colder) world
So shelve those plans to manufacture more sunscreen or snowshoes for
now. There are, however, three clear trends entrepreneurs can take
action on immediately:
1) Consumer guilt. Growing concern about global warming - and the urge
to do something about it - is a boon for startups like TerraPass, an
outfit that's in the guilt-reduction business. TerraPass offers to
offset the amount of carbon dioxide your car emits for between $30 and
$80 a year, by investing it in clean energy projects that reduce carbon
elsewhere in the world. Barely a year old, and started on a $5,000
loan, the company has 3,000 customers and counting.
2) The Kyoto Treaty. Even though the U.S. hasn't signed on, much of the
rest of the world is following an international agreement to reduce
carbon emissions. That means a larger market for clean technologies.
The best part is that you don't have to own a factory with smokestacks
to profit from emissions reductions.
A small Silicon Valley company called Planktos, for example, plans to
dump huge quantities of carbon-eating phytoplankton algae in the
oceans, and sell the resulting credits to European countries that can't
cut their carbon dioxide emissions enough to meet Kyoto targets.
Despite the fact that this technology is still in the testing stage, it
was so attractive to Vancouver's Solar Energy Ltd. that it bought
Planktos last year for $1.3 million.
3) Human relations. When Whole Foods Markets (Research) announced in
January that it would buy all of its electricity from wind farms,
making itself the corporate world's largest consumer of renewable
energy, New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman called them "the most
patriotic company in America." Likewise, Wal-Mart (Research), long
assailed for its contribution to urban sprawl, is building new stores
that use solar energy to reduce costs and boost its image at the same
time.
That's the kind of publicity you can take to the bank. Indeed,
Sustainability Advantage author Willard cites polls that show more than
a fifth of potential job candidates are drawn to such companies. His
research also shows more concrete benefits from the adoption of
eco-friendly corporate policies: reduced manufacturing expenses,
increased market share, a better talent pool and higher productivity.
All of this, according to Willard, can lead to a 66% increase in profit
on average for small and medium-sized companies that adopt
environment-minded practices.
A two-thirds jump in profits, thanks to climate change? That's a far
cheerier image of the future for Earth Day than those poor trapped
polar bears.
.
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