Electric vehicle makers see revenue potential in carbon [swindle] - Carbon Offsets Daily

Mumbai, June 30 Armed with their zero-emission claims, makers of electric vehicles are trying for carbon credits.

Manufacturers of electric vehicles see considerable revenue potential as well as brand building prospects in attaining carbon credits, though the sector is at a nascent stage in India.

At least three electric scooter makers – including Hero Electric and Chennai-based Kabirdass Motor Company (makers of Xite) – have appointed consultancies to assess their carbon credit potential. Bangalore-based electric carmaker Reva is also in the process of ascertaining its carbon credit potential.

Green Blog » Blog Archive » Top "experts": Carbon Tax needed NOT Cap-and-Trade Emission Trading Scheme (ETS)

A number of eminent scientists, economists and writers variously argue strongly FOR a global Carbon Tax that will directly put a price on greenhouse gas (GHG) pollution and enable urgently required rapid transformation to a non-carbon economy.

They variously argue AGAINST carbon pricing based on a Kyoto Protocol-based Cap-and Trade Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) of which the pro-coal Australian Government’s carbon pollution-increasing and misleadingly named Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS) is a spectacularly flawed, irresponsible, anti-social, anti-humanity, anti-environment, anti-Planet and disastrous example.

People want new programs, but are wary of 'Big Government' - Yahoo! News

Public concern about big government was one reason why climate change legislation, which passed the House of Representatives last month by a narrow margin, faces a tough road ahead in the Senate this summer. Any government-run health care system also is expected to be a tough sell.
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Today's politicians also vividly remember the political lessons of 30 years ago. When the economy faltered in the late 1970s, Ronald Reagan successfully made government the enemy and beat incumbent Democratic President Jimmy Carter in 1980. Even Democrat Bill Clinton declared in 1996 that "the era of big government is over."