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* A carbon tax passes costs on to consumers A carbon tax makes it more expensive for companies to do business. To compensate, businesses will raise the price of the products they are selling, which diminishes the pockets of the consumer. The consumer, therefore, pays a significant portion of a...

* A carbon tax fairly treats all carbon emissions as "bad": A carbon tax essentially considers all carbon emissions harmful to the environment, and warranting of equal punishment. A cap-and-trade system only punishes carbon emissions above a certain level, treating only certain kinds of...

* A carbon tax helps reduce emissions in all industries A carbon tax applies to all industries, broadening the scope of emissions reductions. This compares favorably to emissions trading schemes, which sometimes only cover a select group of industries. * A carbon tax can be implemented...

* Algae can filter C02 from coal and be used for biofuel Power plants that emit large quantities of C02 can be fitted with algae biofuel systems, in which waste C02 is used by algae in the process of photosynthesis, creating as a result a useful biofuel. Lisa Colosi, a professor of civil and...

* Algal fuels do not impact fresh water resources. Algae can be grown in the ocean, freshwater, and wastewater and sewage. There is really no limit to the types of water in which algae can survive and thrive, and so where it can be produced into biofuel. * Algae biofuel can grow in salt...

* Algae biofuel is biodegradable. One advantage of many biofuels over most other fuel types is that they are biodegradable, and so relatively harmless to the environment if spilled. * Algae biofuel is a renewable resource. Glen Kertz, president and CEO of Valcent Products, told CNN while...

s * Algae biofuel is commercially viable on an industrial scale Carli Ghelfi. "Turning algae into ethanol, and gold". 11 June 2008 - "Naples, Fla.-based Algenol Biofuels says it has found a way to inexpensively bring third-generation biofuels to industrial scale...And, unlike most algal...

* Algae yields much more biofuel per acre than other fuels Compared with second generation biofuels, algae are high-yield high-cost (30 times more energy per acre than terrestrial crops) feedstocks to produce biofuels. Since the whole organism uses sunlight to produce lipids, or oil, algae can...

s * Reforestation sequesters C02 and helps reverse global warming Adrian Higgins. "A New Leaf on Life". Washington Post. 8 May 2008 - "According to a neat calculator on the Web site of Casey Trees, a fair-size white oak tree with an 18-inch-diameter trunk would reduce atmospheric carbon...

* UN SC can block ICC prosecutions for security reasons Benjamin B. Ferencz, J.D. Harvard 1943 and a Former Nuremberg War Crimes Prosecutor. "Response to Henry Kissinger's essay 'The Pitfalls of Universal Jurisdiction'." 2 July 2001 - "The Security Council can block prosecutions indefinitely if...

* Cooperation in ICC and rule of law is best overall for stability Dennis Kucinich. "The US Administration and the ICC". Common Dreams. 9 Dec. 2004 - "There are many in our United States government who do understand that Peace can only be obtained through international cooperation and adherence...

* Driver's licenses for illegal immigrants will generally lower insurance costs - Because illegal immigrant drivers are a greater risk on the road, and because they do not have insurance, they make it necessary for insurance companies to raise rates for everyone. If illegal aliens had driver's...

* Offering drivers licenses to illegal aliens will improve national security - Drivers licenses to illegal aliens will bring these individuals out from the shadows into the open. This is good for security in general, as it allows for greater tracking of individuals and leads to greater...

Illegal immigrants enjoy equal protection under US law - The fourteenth amendment of the United States Constitution, ratified in 1868 to secure rights for slaves, holds that states must provide equal protection under the law to all persons (not only to citizens) within their jurisdictions...

* Illegal immigrants in America should be integrated into society - Illegal immigrants that are currently residing in America are active members of American society. They typically lead productive and law-abiding lives consistent with American ideals. Their only illegal action was entering the...

* Kyoto does not require we choose between environment and economy Joseph Biden wrote in a 2001 letter to President Bush - "It's a false choice to say we need to favor the economy over the environment. Especially given the progress we've made in developing the technological knowhow to profit...

Countries must work together under Kyoto to combat global warming Dennis Kucinich, US Representative (D-OH), stated in a June 20, 2007 article titled "Campaign for America's Future: Take Back America 2007" on the Federal News Service: "...[A]s we reduce our carbon footprint, simultaneously we...

* The Kyoto protocol cannot significantly cut emissions without the US. The Kyoto Protocol has the potential to achieve its objectives for cutting emissions. But, this cannot be achieved without US participation, as the US is the world's largest emitter of carbon dioxide. Therefore, the US...

* Fighting climate change means cutting emissions with Kyoto Protocol Fighting global warming requires that countries move from a path of higher and higher greenhouse gas emissions each year to decreasing their greenhouse gas emissions. The Kyoto Protocol sets in motion this process, so is an...

The public interest theory claims state ownership of the press enhances civil and political rights; whilst under the public choice theory, it curtails them by suppressing public oversight of the government and facilitating political corruption. High to absolute government control of the media is...