Sunday, October 16, 2011

ETS Trap That Europe Is Setting for Us?

Anyone who wonders what does this EU- ETS measure mean will smell the tyranny of socialism being imposed on us from thousands miles away after reading their aspirations. The European Union Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS) is the world's first large experiment with an emissions trading system for carbon dioxide (CO2) and it is likely to be copied by others if there is to be a global regime for limiting greenhouse gas emissions. According to the ponzi scheme of the EU estimations that the world is exceeding 2 degrees above what the CO2 ceiling and 1.2 degree has been chosen for some reason or another that include the aviation industry. Also, according to a report by Thomson Reuters Point Carbon and RDC Aviation, scheduled carriers will get anywhere from 20 percent to 100 percent all of the allowances they’d need to offset their 2012 carbon footprint as a gift from the European government. The firm found that the EU will get 61 percent of their needed allowances along with Lufthansa and other long haul carriers 81 percent, the largest Asian carriers will get 63 percent, and the U.S. will receive 64 percent. For one year gift, who and how we are these companies going to pay these astonishing numbers? A gift....? Give me a BRAKE!
The conflict between the EU and the U.S. is completely clear that the legislative part of our government, as they should, is rejecting to participate in any of this ponzi scheme deal that is trying to redistribute the wealth around and tax more people and businesses to fund a bankrupted program that is hiding behind greenhouse title to save the environment. Last time I have checked about government creating green jobs ended in debt, deficit, and declaring bankruptcy with the
solyndra deal that puts the Obama Whitehouse in a hot seat. The HR 2594 is a bill that was passed by the House of Representatives that basically prohibits operators of civil aircrafts of the United States from participating in the European Union trading scheme.
The potential impact on U.S. Companies might not be that significant but it may be negative if the EU mandates our companies to comply with rules that really do not translate at all to the jurisdictions of the United States of America even though we are operating in their airspace or countries jurisdictions. However, what the Europeans must come to realize is that the United States is not contributing all the CO2 in the atmosphere or imposing any similar measurements on the Europeans when operating in the U.S. Both U.S. Carriers and non- carriers should not participate in this deal and opt-out of the whole SCHEME that is another burden on theirs and our economy.
To conclude, last time King George the III imposed so many taxes without the consent of the People was answered by the Boston Tea Party and the Founding Fathers under the leadership of George Washington to teach them a lesson about what it meant to be free. If the EU does not realize and stop their intrusion, we may have to remind them again with another 1776 to keep their memory fresh!

2 comments:

  1. Lets keep history and aviation separate shall we. Lets stay positive in the beginning and say that you do bring up a bunch of good points, and you have a very interesting way of putting things, and I enjoyed reading it....However lets first talk about how the ETS is not a tax, so there is no need to bring that into this topic. Secondly Neither the founding fathers or George Washington were at the Boston Tea Party, so that is also in error. Thirdly it is NOT the EU that caused the events of the Boston Tea Party to occur, being born in Europe I find it VERY offensive to be called a "red back" or "just as greedy as the British were during the revolutionary war" which is what you are calling me. I am not a fan of this Tea Party political nonsense. This is a blog about aviation and topics in aviation so lets keep it that way

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  2. I appreciate your passions in this discussion...and SoaringFalconX, I appreciate your passion is this comment :-). Some good thoughts, but I agree that this post seems a bit more politically bent than aviation specific. Nice integration of your link.

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