Farmers may pay a stiff price for contributions to global warming.

[jpak]

http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/ss/fromcomments/103878.php

Farmers are being warned they could pay a stiff price for their contributions to global warming.

That could happen if the Environmental Protection Agency goes forward with regulating greenhouse gas emissions under the federal Clean Air Act, according to the U.S. Agriculture Department.

Under the law, livestock operations of all sizes and farms with as few as 500 acres of corn could exceed emissions thresholds and would be required to pay for permits, USDA says.

These fees could amount to as much as $20 for every hog and $175 per dairy cow, says Rick Krause, who follows climate policy for the American Farm Bureau Federation.

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[BeFree]

1. Permits?

You mean they will make you pay when you cause pollution? And only after you pay, will they permit you to pollute?

Permits to pollute? Permit you to pollute but only after you pay? No pay, no pollute? WTF?

[stuntcat]

2. We should just pay extra, when it's meat

People who eat meat 4 times a day don't realize the real cost of getting it to their mouths. And I'm not saying everyone has to go vegetarian but our meat industry does more harm than any other and it's govt. subsidized. The price in the end doesn't have much to do with all it's taken to produce it.
We're used to consumption being cheap though.. having the short memories and all! :P

[hendo]

3. but if its not subsidized

they might not be able to keep up with the price of foriegn meat.