Rhrosty, You have mentioned Ceramic Fuel Cells a few times now as a source of household power. I used their calculator to see if it would work for me, answer no. Why, I use around 11 units a day. Their BlueGen CFC produces 30 units a day, with no feed in tariff it is way too expensive. The web site said they expect the cost of the units to drop to around 8 to 10 thousand by 2008. No update since. in addition the company has apparently closed their Australian manufacturing plant and moved to Germany. I assume following the subsidies.

As for the Hydrogen fuel celled buses in WA, no idea what has happened to them. There has been no mention of them for quite a long time. Most of our buses run on gas, and as they are developing a habit of catching fire I suspect their days are also numbered.

"If you wish to nitpick over specifics, please go ahead."

Not really. It's just that a calculation supposing to demonstrate some Government sleight of hand should have more light shed upon it for OLO readers, just so your exercise does not "go over their heads".

The CT is applied to CO2 output (the greenhouse culprit, not carbon or diesel) so if your concern is paying more than $23/t for CO2 output you have a strong case for a refund that should be pursued. Are carbon credits applied and, if so, are they on the same basis as the CT is applied?

" The argument that the price is based on the pollutant value also does not consider the SO2 emitted nor the particulates, NOx etc."

There is no tax on SO2, particulates, or NOx. These are not claimed to be of greenhouse significance. Is Gov't or anybody claiming that they are?