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Old 11-27-2006, 03:46 PM
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The Democratic takeover of Congress makes it more likely that the federal government will attempt to regulate emissions. The companies have been hiring new lobbyists who they hope can help fashion a national approach that would avert a patchwork of state plans now in the works. They are also working to change some company practices in anticipation of the regulation.

"We have to deal with greenhouse gases," John Hofmeister, president of Shell Oil Co., said in a recent speech at the National Press Club. "From Shell's point of view, the debate is over. When 98 percent of scientists agree, who is Shell to say, 'Let's debate the science'?"

Hofmeister and other top energy company leaders, such as Duke Energy Corp.'s chief executive, James E. Rogers, back a proposal that would cap greenhouse gas emissions and allow firms to trade their quotas.

Paul M. Anderson, Duke Energy's chairman and a member of the president's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology, favors a tax on emissions of carbon dioxide, the most prevalent greenhouse gas. His firm is the nation's third-largest burner of coal.

Exxon Mobil Corp., the highest-profile corporate skeptic about global warming, said in September that it was considering ending its funding of a think tank that has sought to cast doubts on climate change. And on Nov. 2, the company announced that it will contribute more than $1.25 million to a European Union study on how to store carbon dioxide in natural gas fields in the Norwegian North Sea, Algeria and Germany.

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Wow, wonder if this is true.
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Wow, wonder if this is true.
You posting an honest thread title? Not a chance.
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Old 11-27-2006, 03:55 PM
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Sorry, I'll assume you are still happy about the warm weather in the future.
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Old 11-27-2006, 04:00 PM
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Sorry, I'll assume you are still happy about the warm weather in the future.
Hey RR, are you in England or something?
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RR, it is clear that you lied in your thread title. If you disagree with me, please say so and explain why. If you completely agree that you are a liar, don't bother addressing your lies. Thanks!
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Exxon Mobil Corp., the highest-profile corporate skeptic about global warming, said in September that it was considering ending its funding of a think tank that has sought to cast doubts on climate change....
That doesn't sound like a think tank, unless they're merely paid to think of ways to justify some opinion. Maybe that's what a think tank is, but in order to be more honest, it should be called a "spin tank."
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That doesn't sound like a think tank, unless they're merely paid to think of ways to justify some opinion. Maybe that's what a think tank is, but in order to be more honest, it should be called a "spin tank."
I believe the politically correct term is "Washing Machine"
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