07-10-2009
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Location: Orange County, CA
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Re: Some things besides energy that will cost more under cap-and-trade
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Originally Posted by daddio
anything that has to be transported
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Absolutely. But don't forget that petroleum is used in making plastics and dyes. So not only will something that's made out of plastic cost more due to higher transportation cost, it'll cost more due to higher electrical costs, higher dye costs, and higher plastic costs.
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Distillates are used to produce lower grade fuels such as kerosene for use as a heating fuel and diesel fuel for use in powerful vehicles such as trucks, ships and industrial machinery. Other even lower grade fuels are used to provide energy to industrial processes not requiring the same combustion quality required by higher speed engines. Distillates also yield a wide variety of waxes that are turned into products used for lining milk cartons, as water repellant coatings, cosmetics, electrical insulators, sealants, medicinal tablet coatings, crayons, candles, and many other everyday items.
Petrochemical feedstock is processed into supplying an ever growing assortment of products such as anti-freeze, bases for paints, cleaning agents, detergents, dyes, explosives, fertilizers, industrial resins, plastics, synthetic fibers (nylon, polyester, rayon), synthetic rubber, solvents, thinners, and varnishes. Though all of these products have helped improve how people live, the impact of plastics is among the most consequential petroleum products in the civilized world.
Lubricants help overcome friction and are produced in an assortment of greases and oils used to lubricate moving parts in machinery; pull electrical wire through insulating conduit; lubricate sewing needles, sliding doors, heavy loads, and surgical medical equipment; and to reduce drag on surf boards as they pass through water.
http://www.enotes.com/earth-science/...-economic-uses
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I can't see how cap-and-trade won't be anything but an economy damping bill. About the only good thing I see out of cap-and-trade is Republican rule.
Kramer
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