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...energy tax on everything from electricity to gasoline will be paid at the wholesale level by distributors. But the pass-along costs will hit everyone. The tax is based on the heat-producing capacity of most fuels, as measured in British thermal units. In choosing this kind of tax, Clinton sought to spread the burden over all energy users and all regions of the country...
...affected (just about everybody) and vehemence of opposition. Though Administration officials were insisting late last week that the type and amount were still unresolved, the choices had apparently narrowed to either an ad valorem levy, essentially a sales tax on the wholesale price of fuel, or a BTU (British thermal unit) tax based on the heat content of fuel. Either would apply to every kind of energy -- coal, oil, natural gas, nuclear and hydroelectric power -- and for every use -- running cars and trains, heating homes, firing factory boilers, generating electricity. A 5% ad valorem tax would raise about $18 billion...
...utilities. Such proposals include a levy on the carbon content of each fuel and an ad valorem -- or sales -- tax on the wholesale price of energy. The front runner is a tax that would be levied on the amount of heat produced by a fuel, as measured in British thermal units. This BTU tax would achieve more pollution control than a straight sales tax and would be less draconian than a carbon levy, which might cripple the carbon-rich coal industry...
...1990s incarnation of the flower child, theoutdoorsy crunchy crunch dons a forest green orHeath-bar brown Patagonia jacket. Tevas withwoolen socks, trade beads strung on leather neckwear. FOP T-shirts from the mid 80s on top of greylongjohns or thermal underwear. Alternativefootwear: Birkenstocks worn down to peach fuzz...
Will and his house were more interesting than the discussion of direct gain and thermal performance. The whole first floor of the house was one open living area, from bedroom to kitchen, and a fireplace rises from the center of the room. The fireplace and chimney are a twisting, trunk-like work of masonry, made of brick with veins of rocks cutting through. Picture an old gnarled oak tree, substitute brick and stone for the wood, and you have an idea what the fireplace looks like...