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Chapter 16 Myth: Taxing Carbon Dioxide Will Work

Chapter 16 Myth: Taxing Carbon Dioxide Will Work. Mitch Williams. Forget It. “The countries of the world will never agree on a global scheme to tax carbon dioxide ” Restrain on developing countries China India Indonesia. Limitations on Neurotoxins.

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Chapter 16 Myth: Taxing Carbon Dioxide Will Work

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  1. Chapter 16Myth: Taxing Carbon Dioxide Will Work Mitch Williams

  2. Forget It • “The countries of the world will never agree on a global scheme to tax carbon dioxide” • Restrain on developing countries • China • India • Indonesia

  3. Limitations on Neurotoxins • U.S. emissions from coal-fired power plants total some 48 tons of mercury and 88 tons of lead per year. • 25% of U.S. emissions from coal-burning power plants are deposited within the contiguous U.S. • 30% of the mercury that settles onto the ground in the United States comes from other countries. • China is the most problematic – 600 tons per year

  4. USGS - 2009 • Seven year long study that analyzed hundreds of fish, from 34 species, caught in 291 streams across the U.S. • 100% contained mercury • 25% “exceeded the criterion for the protection of humans who consume average amounts of fish.

  5. In mid 2009, a study by Dan Laks at UCLA found that 1/3 of all U.S. women now have inorganic mercury in their blood. • “Results suggest that chronic mercury exposure has reached a critical level where inorganic mercury deposition within the human body is accumulating with time.” • “…risks of associated neurodevelopmental and neurodegenerative diseases will rise as well.”

  6. Questions • Which country contributes the largest amounts of neurotoxins into the air? • How many U.S. women have inorganic mercury in their blood?

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