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Yeah that's a great business plan O.o Bank on a government forced handout from legacy automakers that they're all gonna be trying to to get out of too... |
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Sadly Carbon Credits are there no matter who is in the WH. See ESG
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I guess, if you like to gamble with your retirement.
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Heck, the supreme court might beat them to the punch, rolling back the power of the unelected bureaucrats in all the agencies, forcing them to only world powers that are specifically granted to them by Congress. That would spend all of this stuff the EPA poofed into existence to benefit themselves. |
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That's my phone autocorrecting my shitty phone screen typing. It did ok given what it had to work with, lol.
Short version, the supreme court might rule that agencies don't get to define the interpretation of their powers, and that would strip a TON of power from them. Ongoing legal case right now brought up by some small time fishing companies. |
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But I do love your optimism. ![]() https://carboncredits.com/esg-invest...-need-to-know/ |
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Supreme Court seems poised to halt EPA plan to cut cross-state pollution February 21, 202 The Environmental Protection Agency’s effort to cut emissions from power plants and factories to reduce pollution that blows into neighboring states seems likely to be halted by the Supreme Court, a blow to an ambitious federal initiative that environmentalists have said is necessary to protect people, especially children and the elderly, from lung-damaging smog. President Bozo's EPA extended the mandate to cover steel mills, cement factories and other major sources of industrial air pollution. The new limits target nitrogen oxide pollution, a major component of ground-level ozone, or smog, that has been found to worsen asthma, chronic bronchitis and other respiratory illnesses. They are designed to cut emissions of nitrogen dioxide from upwind states by roughly 70,000 tons by the summer of 2026, which EPA officials estimate could prevent as many as 1,300 premature deaths and reduce hospital and emergency room visits. https://www.washingtonpost.com/polit...supreme-court/ |
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Buy The Metals Company. TMC (NASDAQ).
They figured out a cost effective strategy to mine the ocean floors for the rare earth metals used in EV batteries. You'll either get rich quick or lose all your money. |
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The problem with this is what metals will be required for the next technology? Who wants to spend big money on what is likely to be the EV equivalent of the buggy whip? This is the problem when an emerging technology is super charges before anyone understands what the right solutions will be. I would make one bet, it will not be a lithium / cobalt future.
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Everyone gets it, right? Carbon credits were literally made out of the thin air?
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OK. We'll call them nitrogen credits
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Is that when you put nitrogen into your tires?
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Carbon credits and credit trading over the years have driven industry in the US to "cleanup" their industry. 20+ years ago, environmental stewardship was very low on industry goals/improvements. Now, after a few decades, industry recognizes the value of improving efficiency, ESG, etc. as there is real cost saving plus shareholders are demanding clean business.
Industry has a vested interest in fighting environmental regulations as the regs often impact their front end profitability. Decades ago industry fought damn hard against catalytic converters, arguing that they won't work and will greatly impact vehicle performance and reliability, will cost industry and buyers too much, and do little to cleanup the environment. The first few years of implementation were rough, but after that, the technology proved it's worth on all fronts. EPA doesn't just pull these regulations out of a hat. They spend years researching, analyzing, talking to experts/scientists, industry, etc. to determine what industry can handle and the environmental improvement. We should always be moving towards a sustainability, reduction, etc. EPA is far from perfect, but they are very much needed as industry has proven time after time that they are most focused on profits and the short-term.
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Yawn. You have no idea how it works. I've been working in the industry for over 25 years. And no, I'm no tree hugger and have never (or ever will) worked for EPA or any other regulating authority. I've gotten into many heated moments with EPA and state regulators arguing that they over-reaching and/or don't know their own regs and laws. But I still respect what they do and why they are needed because I've seen the flip side as I represent industry. I see what they do, try to get away with, sweep under the rug, etc. As I tell my clients often, ignorance is not a defense and working within "gray areas" is often unwise.
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