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| I'm Darren McBreen with Info Wars Nightly News and I'm here today at the Texas State | |
| Capitol and we're about to find out if the people of Austin are aware that they are about | |
| to be hit by a wave of utility bill hikes as new EPA regulations drive up the cost of | |
| energy. | |
| What do you think about paying higher utility bills because of the EPA's new regulations against power plants? | |
| You know, there may be some new regulations coming up against power plants at this point. | |
| But unfortunately right now, I think that our citizens statewide and nationwide basically overburdened, especially with today's economic developments and situations that are going on. | |
| I think rate hikes should be at a minimal to at least try to alleviate some of the burden on our taxpayers and our citizens nationwide and statewide. | |
| I know a lot of people that are going to be not only shocked, but a little bit irritated about that as well. | |
| Because it's such a hot summer, everybody's bills are already up through the roof. | |
| You're already paying through the roof because the ACs are running non-stop. | |
| And then all of a sudden it's like, on top of that and with a downturn economy, yeah, it doesn't seem to jive that well. | |
| Of course I don't want to pay higher utility bills. | |
| They're already extremely high right now as it is. | |
| Well, I don't want to pay more because of the carbon dioxide thing. | |
| That doesn't seem right. | |
| Especially if it's not even proven. | |
| Generally, I prefer regulations that deter pollution and paying a little bit more for that than an unregulated environment. | |
| It all has to be regulated some way, right? | |
| What are you going to mess our environment up? | |
| I understand the tax on carbon footprints, but I mean, who's, you know, getting a new Lexus, you know what I mean? | |
| Do you think that carbon dioxide is dangerous? | |
| I think carbon dioxide can be very dangerous. | |
| Okay, what do plants breathe? | |
| Carbon dioxide. | |
| Yeah, I think carbon dioxide is definitely dangerous, otherwise there wouldn't be any, like, rules and laws to prevent it being... What do plants breathe? | |
| Carbon dioxide. | |
| Carbon dioxide is turned into oxygen by plants. | |
| So, I mean, it has to be in the world. | |
| Obviously, it's not all dangerous. | |
| Carbon dioxide isn't a dangerous gas, but when there's too much of it, it's a problem. | |
| Carbon dioxide, even though it's a natural gas consumed by plants, it can be dangerous because, well, everyone says it has to do with global warming. | |
| Behind me is the Holly Street Power Plant. | |
| It was partially closed in 2004 and officially shut down in 2007. | |
| Now it's simply a reminder of Austin's energy independence. | |
| What do you think about the fact that General Electric, one of Obama's biggest donors, that they get a waiver and they will not be subject to the regulations? | |
| That sounds like politics and lobbyists' web work. | |
| I mean, it's government, right? | |
| No surprise. | |
| Sounds plausible. | |
| Yeah, it sounds plausible. | |
| There's no surprise about that. | |
| General Electric doesn't need any favors from anybody. | |
| They're a multi-billion dollar corporation. | |
| Are you aware that some of these new regulations are also shutting down power plants and this is causing some of the rolling blackouts throughout Texas? | |
| No, I wasn't familiar with that actually. | |
| I didn't realize that was going on. | |
| Lobbyists make a lot of money striking these deals. | |
| There's a lot of things that we don't know. | |
| And how government, you know, the tax breaks, the incentives, loopholes, you name it. | |
| So I think it's just one more to add to the list. | |
| Well, as you can see, Alex, the people here in Austin, they're aware that their utility rates are going up, but they're not sure of the real cause. |
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