Caps Quote by Barack Obama

Under my plan of a cap and trade system, electricity rates would necessarily skyrocket. . . . Because I'm capping greenhouse gases, coal power…

— Barack Obama

Under my plan of a cap and trade system, electricity rates would necessarily skyrocket.

— Barack Obama

A cap and trade bill will likely increase the costs of electricity. . . . These costs will be passed on to the consumers.…

— Steven Chu

If we change the way the electricity sector operates, we can bring down our levels of carbon pollution, and continue the crucial task of…

— Julia Gillard

Well, rates would go up whether you deregulate or not, and of course, the rates that are going up right now on the electricity…

— Kenneth Lay

So on the demand side [for energy], there have been a variety of policies that globally have been way over $50 billion a year…

— Bill Gates

If we got more efficient with electric grid capacity, we would substantially reduce our carbon footprint, and people would be likely to copy us.

— Matt Gaetz

Let's stop big government energy mandates like cap-and-trade, and instead trust the American innovator to make us energy independent.

— Marco Rubio

The US needs a cap and trade system with auctioning of licenses for emissions rights. The revenues from these auctions can be used to…

— George Soros

We can build a new modern electric grid. That's a lot of jobs; that's a lot of new economic activity.

— Hillary Clinton

But to truly transform our economy, protect our security, and save our planet from the ravages of climate change, we need to ultimately make…

— Barack Obama

What we want to do is put a price on greenhouse gases. Because if they're more expensive, businesses will find a way to be…

— Ramez Naam