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(3,979 posts) Tue Jun 25, 2013, 01:47 PM Jun 2013

Thom Hartmann: The Oil Industry Must Pay for Their Waste

Right now - the fossil fuel industry is the only industry in America that doesn’t pay to have its waste disposed of. That waste is known as carbon dioxide. As a result - you and I are forced to pay the costs for their waste; costs that come in the form of massive disaster cleanup efforts - species loss across the world - and possibly even the eventual extinction of most life on Earth.

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Thom Hartmann: The Oil Industry Must Pay for Their Waste (Original Post) thomhartmann Jun 2013 OP

I get the idea of the oil industry carrying their own weight, but sheeeeit. Buzz Clik Jun 2013 #1

Buzz Clik

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1. I get the idea of the oil industry carrying their own weight, but sheeeeit.

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Tue Jun 25, 2013, 01:55 PM

Jun 2013

the fossil fuel industry is the only industry in America that doesn’t pay to have its waste disposed of. That waste is known as carbon dioxide

We breathe in oxygen and exhale CO₂. Tax that?

Livestock emit methane, a potent greenhouse gas. Tax that?

Wastewater treatment? Burning wood in the old fireplace? Barbequeing?

No. This is just silly.

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