EU screws it up again

[photoman290]

just read on the bbc news site,so it must be true,that the levels of insulation in houses may be cut so it doesn't damage the carbon credits?  in order to maintain the carbon credit price power stations will have to produce more  CO2 by burning more coal.  if it was april the 1st i would understand.

discuss please so i don't think i have gone totally bonkers.

[Tony]

This one?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-28420527

"Because they are setting a limit on the cuts, like a lid on a saucepan, they are forced to limit energy savings and renewables to avoid damaging the emissions trading system.

"They are actually talking about burning more coal if emissions fall faster than expected due to energy savings and renewables, purely to protect the carbon price. It's bonkers!"

Umm? 

[Bill]

Surely doing that is price or market fixing the same as what the bankers were doing with interest rates, etc, etc. or operating as a cartel.
Therefore totally illegal.

[greasemonkey]

No big surprise really. What looks like a mistake to us, obviously makes perfect sense to the legislators.
Even by accident and gross incompetence, they cannot pass so many regulations that go counter to what they are "supposed" to do.

[photoman290]

 you are using logic and reasoned thinking. dont think that washes with the EU. the scrappage scheme was another bright idea that wasn't thought though. no one considered the raw material cost of new cars. suppose they thought they came out  of thin air.

[greasemonkey]

I tend to think that the cost of producing new cars was taken into consideration, along with the loss of the stock of older cars, spare parts, and the general loss of handy bits of scrap altogether.
It may not suit us, but legislation isn't there to suit us, it's there to suit those who lobby the legislators.