[Info-vax] HP stopping VMS paper documentation ?

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In article <jbcsgh$k45$2 at online.de>, helbig at astro.multiCLOTHESvax.de (Phillip Helbig---undress to reply) writes:
>In article <4ed91a01$0$2175$c3e8da3$9f400e27 at news.astraweb.com>, JF
>Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot at vaxination.ca> writes: 
>
>> From  planetary point of view, the only CO2 which hurts the planet is
>> the CO2 that has been sequesterred deed unde rthe surface for millenia,
>> namely oil and coal.
>
>Right.
>
>> The CO2 produced by cows is not "new" CO2. It is carbon that is part of
>> the cycle , in air, absorved by grass, eaten by cows and come out of
>> their manure back into the air.
>
>Right.
>
>> Similarly, a company that gets carbon from CO2 extraction from air
>> should not have its CO2 taxed.
>
>Right.
>
>> The problem is that oil and coal lobbies are too strong to accept that
>> oil and coal be taxed at the source. But those are the industries which
>> add carbon to the atmosphere.
>
>Right.
>
>> It would be far simpler to just tax oil and coal at the mine/drill site
>> than to have taxes added at the retail level.
>
>Right.
>
>> And this woudl give manufacturers more choces on where to source their
>> energy and/or carbon.
>
>Right.
>
>One thing about the cows, though.  While what you say is tru for CO2, it 
>is NOT true for methane.  The farting and belching of cows is a major
>source of atmospheric methane, and methane is a much stronger greenhouse 
>gas than is CO2 (though there is more CO2 in the atmosphere than 
>methane).
>

Simple fix for that.  Ban vegetarianism!

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