EPA Weighs Farting Cow Tax

[Master Shake]

Re: EPA Weighs Farting Cow Tax

lol... should have known to look at the reality before responding.

Like most right-wing fulminating, the premise of this thread is 100% fiction - it never happened.

The money quote:

EPA issued a statement saying it isn't proposing a tax and doesn't have legal authority to impose one anyway:

EPA, Dec. 10: EPA is not proposing a cow tax. The CAA (Clean Air Act) does not include a broad grant of authority for EPA to impose taxes, fees or other monetary charges specifically for GHGs (greenhouse gases) and, therefore, additional legislative authority may be required if EPA were to administer such charges.

The EPA already has authority under the CAA to levy fees, such as for Title V Operating Permits. If they wanted to, they could find a way to charge farmers for their cow farts. But, such a fee/tax doesn't not now exist.

The ANPR is the first step in the process. Did the Farm Bureau jump the gun? Yes. The "tax" is not imminent. However, this is how the process of taxing cows for their methane generation would start. The Farm Bureau is trying to make sure the camel's nose doesn't get under the tent. Are you cheering for the camel?

[cobben]

Re: EPA Weighs Farting Cow Tax

google "kangaroo farts" and ye shall be saved.

A major future export business for OZ?
They should have patented those roos in the US patent office before all this got started, probably too late now.

Kangaroo farts could ease global warming
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599...-29277,00.html

"AUSTRALIAN scientists are trying to give kangaroo-style stomachs to cattle and sheep in a bid to cut the emission of greenhouse gases blamed for global warming, researchers say.
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