Nothing runs like a Deere – company bails on cap and trade

[Reply: Yes. But it’s rescued & posted now. I have no idea why your posts end up in the spam folder. Maybe you weren’t a good boy in a previous life. ~dbs, mod.]
lol, nor, probably, this one! But, I’ll keep trying ’til I get it right! It’s NBD, except when I reiterate the same thoughts in a more drunken state!!! Then it’s just sad.

Pat @ur momisugly 4:10,
So Hansen wants to sue someone for the floods in Pakistan. How will he feel when someone sues him for his role in wasting billions on a non-event. Billions that may have been used for flood mitigation in Pakistan or revegetation of the catchments which apparently caused much of the flooding. Hansen has got very dirty hands and one day should be held to account.
While I hold politicians responsible for the politicising of climate and accuse them of failing to do due diligence before accepting the theory, the real criminals are the scientists who advise them.
The recent Australian election has shown that 13% supported the Greens and an ETS, 50% voted for no ETS/carbon price and some 37% who voted for delayed (2013) introduction of a carbon price. Three years ago over 70% voted for an ETS. People started bailing out when they realised electricity prices would increase by about 40%. If the MSM ever start publishing data showing a cooling world the whole mess will collapse.

Deere has outsourced practically all of their manufacturing to China, a nation that courageously refuses to limit CO2 emissions.
I don’t doubt this is true, but don’t think Deere or most of the other corporations using foreign outsourcing are doing it to line their fat wallets. Most corporations are doing it just to stay alive. It’s getting really tough to sell an American-made product and still maintain a positive profit margin. I know in my industry we now have competition from places like Brazil where the average worker makes something like US$4 to $6 an hour. The US labor cost is probably four times that number, at the low end, not including benefits like health insurance. If your product is labor intensive, it is almost impossible to compete on price with a foreign manufacturer. We’ve changed how we do business, redesigned our products to reduce cost and build time, and in the end we still can’t compete with the foreign competition on price. Unfortunately we’ve started moving work to Mexico just to keep our costs down to maintain our marketshare. We would love to keep local workers on the payroll but unfortunately the choice is to shift some of the work or go out of business.
I don’t know what the solution is. Free trade has been great for the consumer but it’s killing the manufacturing sector. Maybe it’s time to start re-evaluating import tariffs. If the super-cheap imported products weren’t so cheap, the domestic products would have a better chance.

“Could it be related to his last name being potentially suitable for a pr0n star?
:-)”
With my name and particular build, I often have to persuade people that I’m really not in the industry…..:-) (While I’m jamming to Nick Gilder….hahhahahahah)

JimBob says:
August 25, 2010 at 7:36 pm
“Deere has outsourced practically all of their manufacturing to China, a nation that courageously refuses to limit CO2 emissions.”
JimBob said…..”I don’t doubt this is true, but don’t think Deere or most of the other corporations using foreign outsourcing are doing it to line their fat wallets. Most corporations are doing it just to stay alive. It’s getting really tough to sell an American-made product and still maintain a positive profit margin…..”
JimBod, it is true, and they are lining their pockets. That being said, that is more indicative of our insane trade laws as opposed to people in business. The nature of people in business is to make money. God bless the ones that do. It is what feeds the rest of the country. There is no shame in making a profit. There is a shame in sacrificing your countrymen in doing so. Regardless of you nationality, the prior statement is true. Given the current trade laws in the U.S., it is almost impossible to have a corporate presence in the U.S. Sam Walton showed the world the loyalty of the U.S. consumer. Sadly, the lesson wasn’t learned. Today, the products we buy are given to the cheapest bidders. There is plenty blame to go around, but remember, the nature, nay, the purpose of corporations is to be profitable. The laws need to be changed. The priorities of this nation need to be changed. We will not thrive elsewise.

pat says:
August 25, 2010 at 4:10 pm
May we call it the Trenberth Tort?
Precedent is for weather events as being ‘Acts of God’.
Pakistan would then have to abandon it’s current forms of religion and beliefs in order to defend the argument that Man is now in control of the weather/climate.
That means diminishing Islamic teaching, and it will go over like a ton of bricks.
Next up, one would have to prove intent to harm.
Then there is the problem of a contract between Pakistan and the US in the form of aid (goodwill) to denounce.
I think Mr. Trenberth is blowing smoke in a hornets nest, and has tarried too long at the well of Climate Change hysteria.

The “Greens,” and “Eco-Crazies” have turned against Agriculture with a vengeance. Deere was in the same untenable position Caterpillar was in; they were supporting an orgnization that was beating their customers to a pulp. And, the customers didn’t like it.

The U.S. Climate Action Partnership is a “CYA” Partnership. When it is no longer something that you can, or have to, spend time and money on to cover your A$$, you pull out. It’s a Corporate ‘Political and Public Relations’ thing that helps your image with your most important clients – Dick & Jane Customer; and your most dangerous – Congress, Presidents, Judges, NPO’s, PAC’s, the ACLU, the ABA, the AFL-CIO, the DNC, and the GOP, ad nausyium.
There’s more to be read -at any given point in time- to who ISN’T in the Club than who IS. (The ‘AGW’ Image is taking a real bad hit when those like the recent members leave the ‘Club’.)

The rat may have jumped the ship, but it is still a rat.