Finland's Goal To Cut 10 Million Tons GHGs (About 12%) By 2012 In EU Plan

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BRUSSELS - Finland's industries will be allowed to release 70.5 million tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO2) a year in the 2008-2012 period of the European Union's emissions trading scheme, the country's industry minister said on Tuesday.

The EU scheme aims to reduce the output of greenhouse gases blamed for global warming, and is the bloc's key instrument to meet reduction targets agreed under the Kyoto Protocol. "For 2008-2012, our target limit is an average of 70.5 million tonnes of CO2 a year," Mauri Pekkarinen, Finland's minister of trade and industry, told Reuters in an interview. "By 2012, it has to be under 70.5 million tonnes."

A Finnish official said the 2008-2012 goals were roughly the same as the targets for the current period, 2005-2007. "The target is the same for both periods," he said.

Pekkarinen said the targets used 1990 as a base year, when Finland was in recession and CO2 output was lower due to sluggish industrial production. The target compares with 80 million tonnes on average per year for 2003 to 2004, he said.

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http://www.planetark.org/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/35716/story.htm

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1. a reward to go out of business, just effin' wornderful

these things never work out

this is a reward for incumbent business,
sooner or later, new business {with no credits, has to pay} gets angry,
and then gets political

or, could do what Canada is doing, ignore and cheat

The EU is starting to look like an
organized crime 'protection racket'

edit, adding
If you drive a car, I'll tax the street
If you try to sit, I'll tax your seat
If you get too cold I'll tax the heat
If you take a walk, I'll tax your feet

[Stockholm]

2. Here is another perspective for you

Upsala Glacier, Argentina



Baltic Sea, Scandinavia

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3. daily US coal use per capita, twenty pounds

that provides about half the electricity
for the US

fuel cost {twenty pounds coal}, about thirty cents

do you expect people to rip out existing electrical generation?


Its been kinda slow here,
I want to start a flamewar

so Sudan could go from Sudanese style electricity use {none},
to US style .. fuel cost 60 cents/day,
should they or shouldn't they?

[Stockholm]

4. I listened to Al Gore last week

After that, I will pay more attention to the issue. The pictures from the Upsala Glacier was used in his presentation - strong stuff.

Coal is not an option.