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Article: Fabricating & Metalworking's Riley Takes Congress to Task on Cap-and-Trade.
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- Energy Weekly News
- Article date:
- September 25, 2009
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Metal components are used in virtually all of the world's most significant markets and innovations - think about precision medical instruments, the aerospace industry, oil and gas equipment, automotive machinery, computers, appliances and more - and each requires electricity as they are being manufactured.
If the government has its way, that energy will soon make metalworking applications more expensive and will ultimately affect costs all the way through the supply chain, down to the prices paid by consumers.
Fabricating & Metalworking editor Mike Riley has been the most outspoken opponent of the federal cap-and-trade legislation, also referred to as ...