SB 2017-118: Renewable Energy Rebate and Subsidy Act (Sent to President)

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Atlasian People's House of Representatives
Passed 9-0 in the Atlasian House Assembled

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Sponsor: Scott

I hereby open the floor for debate.

[Barnes]

I might be filled up on sponsorships, but I will have no issue in approving this bill.

[Associate Justice PiT]

     I'll sponsor it.

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Senators have 24 hours to object to the sponsorship of PiT.

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After we have a sponsor, I think I'll propose an amendment that incorporates my carbon tax into this bill.

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Hearing no objection, PiT is now the sponsor.

I will offer this amendment:

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[Associate Justice PiT]

     Amendment is friendly. We may want to put the other Carbon Tax bill on hold, since it won't be necessary if this passes.

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Senators have 24 hours to object.

I'll motion to table the other bill if this passes.

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Hearing no objection, the amendment is adopted.

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I rise in support of this bill. Climate change is currently one of the most pressing problems facing Atlasia, and this bill seems like it would do an excellent job in combating it. From renewable energy rebates and subsidies to a carbon tax, the methods to combat climate change in this bill look to be quite promising. Also, I agree that if this bill is passed, the carbon tax bill should be tabled due to this bill including such a tax.

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I'll open a final vote tonight if there aren't any objections.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

I think it would have been better to pursue the Carbon tax separately.

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I think it would have been better to pursue the Carbon tax separately.

For procedural reasons, or because the original bill redistributed revenues generated by the tax?

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

Economic.


How many million btu is in a gallon of Gasoline?

[Associate Justice PiT]

     I don't expect them to match exactly, though it makes more sense to link these up and streamline the process of collection to expenditure.

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Economic.


How many million btu is in a gallon of Gasoline?

I've been trying to find the answer to this actually, but I don't know.  Is dollars per million/BtU a flawed measure?

[Associate Justice PiT]

     1 BTU ~ 1,055 J (per Wikipedia).

     According to this spreadsheet from a University of Washington course, a gallon of gasoline has 1.3x10⁸ J, which works out to over 120,000 BTU in a gallon of gasoline.

[ZuWo]

c. Paying entities may be eligible for a partial or total rebate of the tax payments if the paying entity can prove that some or all of the carbon dioxide emissions will be kept from entering the Earth's atmosphere for millennia.

I have a question about the bolded part of the amendment: What does keeping carbon dioxide emissions from entering the Earth's athmosphere for millenia concretely mean? How does it work, technically speaking?

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c. Paying entities may be eligible for a partial or total rebate of the tax payments if the paying entity can prove that some or all of the carbon dioxide emissions will be kept from entering the Earth's atmosphere for millennia.

I have a question about the bolded part of the amendment: What does keeping carbon dioxide emissions from entering the Earth's athmosphere for millenia concretely mean? How does it work, technically speaking?

In essence, the paying entity (let's say a factory) can apply for a rebate if they prove that their activities are not environmentally harmful.

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I'm going to motion to strike my previous amendment.  This obviously is something that should have a full debate in both houses.

Is the motion friendly or unfriendly, PiT?

[Associate Justice PiT]

     Amendment is friendly. I surmise it is amending Section 1?

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No, this removes the carbon tax, which is better for the Congress to consider separately.

[Associate Justice PiT]

     Okay, that makes sense.

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Senators have 24 hours to object to the motion/amendment.

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The motion is adopted.  With PiT out of the Senate, I'll assume sponsorship.  Senators have 24 hours to object, after which I think we'll move to a final vote.