De concurrentie voorblijven dmv co2 reductie

"When Duke Energy Corp. CEO James E. Rogers considers global warming, he sees more than a costly quagmire for the U.S. power industry; he sees grand monuments. Notre Dame in Paris, St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome.

"Rogers and many other executives are convinced the United States is likely to join Europe in placing limits on carbon dioxide emissions — believed by scientists to cause global warming — perhaps as early as next decade.... Some of the country’s biggest power producers are even setting voluntary greenhouse-gas reduction goals now in hopes of gaining a competitive edge down the road.

“The first movers now kind of realize... there will be a carbon regime in this country,” said Peter Fusaro, chairman of Global Change Associates and a longtime proponent of clean energy. “This is not just talk.”

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