{"id":10044,"date":"2016-10-20T12:16:18","date_gmt":"2016-10-20T16:16:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jamiegraymusic.com\/wordpress\/?p=10044"},"modified":"2016-10-20T12:16:18","modified_gmt":"2016-10-20T16:16:18","slug":"its-nonsensical-that-environmentalists-are-against-the-countrys-possible-first-carbon-tax","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jamiegraymusic.com\/wordpress\/2016\/10\/its-nonsensical-that-environmentalists-are-against-the-countrys-possible-first-carbon-tax\/","title":{"rendered":"It\u2019s Nonsensical That Environmentalists Are Against the Country\u2019s Possible First Carbon Tax"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img src='https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.slate.com\/content\/dam\/slate\/articles\/health_and_science\/science\/2016\/10\/161019_SCI_Washington-Carbon-Tax.jpg.CROP.cq5dam_web_1280_1280_jpeg.jpg?w=980' style='max-width:600px;' data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<div>Carbon tax is a BAD idea. Taxing energy only increases costs to EVERYONE in the supply chain. Instead, make alternative energy competitive with fossil fuels (ie cheaper) and watch how fast we stop using carbon fuels.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/slate.me\/2emL2C8\">http:\/\/slate.me\/2emL2C8<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Carbon tax is a BAD idea. Taxing energy only increases costs to EVERYONE in the supply chain. Instead, make alternative energy competitive with fossil fuels (ie cheaper) and watch how fast we stop using carbon fuels. http:\/\/slate.me\/2emL2C8<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":[]},"categories":[14,480,456,132,429],"tags":[523,159,33,530,552],"class_list":["post-10044","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","category-facebook","category-jamie-gray","category-news","category-shared-link","tag-blog","tag-facebook","tag-jamie-gray","tag-news","tag-shared"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":10549,"url":"https:\/\/jamiegraymusic.com\/wordpress\/2016\/11\/the-unlikely-battle-to-pass-the-nations-first-carbon-tax\/","url_meta":{"origin":10044,"position":0},"title":"The Unlikely Battle to Pass the Nation\u2019s First Carbon Tax","date":"November 2, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Even if you want 100% clean, renewable energy (I do, don't you?) a Carbon Tax is a REALLY Bad idea. 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Not sure how this one is powered, but SOMETHING is used to heat up the filters. To make something like this truly carbon negative, the energy source MUST be non-carbon based. #carbon\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;blog&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":8878,"url":"https:\/\/jamiegraymusic.com\/wordpress\/2016\/09\/germany-already-has-more-green-power-than-it-ever-had-nuclear\/","url_meta":{"origin":10044,"position":5},"title":"Germany already has more green power than it ever had nuclear","date":"September 2, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Want to know how to make America Great Again? Yes, America IS Great. #KeepAmericaGreat? Anyway...What if we had FREE or SUPER CHEAP alternative energy instead of EXPENSIVE, Carbon based and government taxed fuels...Imagine the gain in profitability for EVERYONE. 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