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When Randy Repass, Chairman of West Marine,
said he normally keeps political and social opinions to
himself, he should have kept it that way. The first half of
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the article was factually based and provided important
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the problem his solution was simplistic, and unrealistic.
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China, India, and other major energy consuming countries
Visit us at the Lake have no intention of following Waxman-Markey type
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legislation. Having the United States tax its energy and
or stop by our Elliott Bay
manufacturing industry (cap and trade, benchmarks, and
showroom. Whether you
most other controls are essentially a tax or cost increase
need something now or
not to get caught up in semantics, it just depends on who
next season, this is the
and where the money goes to) will place our country at
a substantial economic disadvantage. Without placing a
time to call us.
large tariff on all imports of produced goods and energy
(which President Obama said wouldn’t happen) the U.S.
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companies are going to be at a huge cost disadvantage.
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And, by the way, all of these costs are going to be passed
and Canal Boatyard
on to consumers once again reducing their disposable
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income. Disposable income is what I spend at West Marine.
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The Ocean Acidification problem is real, the solution is
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a broad based and multi-faceted, with human intervention
possibly irrelevant, depending on which study is
referenced. Increased taxes and a larger government does
not reduce CO2. Reduced energy consumption (oil, gas,
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and electric) is a start. Not encouraging more biofuel
production (rain forest slash and burn to plant for sugar
cane and palm oil). Nature converts CO2 to oxygen and
See us at Lake Union Boats Afloat Sept 16-20 plant life better than any industrial method.
After spending a career in the Navy and sailing all
of the Oceans of the world and seeing many of its ports,
I have met enough people from other countries to know
that they will not impose any legislation on themselves
that will slow or hinder their economies in any way. The
Waxman-Markey legislation would put a ball and chain on
all U.S. industry and people with relation to competing in a
world market. Slowing down our economic recovery for a
negligible change is irresponsible and diverting assets from
other methods that would be more fruitful.
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In the meantime I will continue reading your
magazine, I enjoy it, and sailing whenever I get the chance.
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I would suggest keeping the political rants for the other
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As it is for all recreational publications, it’s a always a topic
of discussion on what, if any, political/environmental articles
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to put in the mag, mainly because there are so many topics and
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divergent views that we could print nothing else. I agree, it’s
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easy for the “haves” to impose their will upon the “have-nots,”
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