# Cap and Trade

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**Category:** PittSpeed Off Topic\
**Created:** [July 1, 2009, 4:37am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cap-and-trade/203084 "2009-07-01T04:37:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![Darkstar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@Darkstar](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Darkstar)\
**Post date:** [July 8, 2009, 12:25pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cap-and-trade/203084/73 "2009-07-08T12:25:12Z")

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> [@wtf part time job](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wtf-part-time-job/40568/36):
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> Sad thing is, companies, especially utilities, will pass anything on to the consumer, even when nothing is there to base it on. They never will NOT profit.  
> I’d bet that the companies who are green and wouldn’t get taxed under this would still increase rates, because they can try to piggyback on to the others with increasing rates.  
> Bottom line is that we’re fucked as consumers regardless. If they don’t raise rates because of the cap and trade, they will for something else.  
> With that said, I’d at least like to have cleaner air if I’m going to be paying more for rates/prices.
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> No solution is perfect as long as the companies in question operate under less than ethical mindsets. And as long as we have consumers who would give up clean air for lower prices. Cancer is fun when you have a few more bucks in your wallet.

Gasoline cost $1.25 a gallon 5 years ago. You will never see that again. So the cost to fuel your car has doubled.

Why is no one calling for the heads of speculators who ran the prices up? Why is no one bitching about this? Because if a company decides to take more of your money on it’s own, that’s capitalism and its ok? But if the government does it, and does it to force companies to pollute less instead of making more profit, it’s socialism and it’s evil and it’s ruining our country.

There are some seriously fucking stupid people out there. Lots of them on this website.

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