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  Other than its utter political impossibility??

  We need solutions for the real world, no?

  The sad fact is that we're going to have to convince a lot of people to get behind the idea of paying a lot more to pollute with carbon.

  For our carbon-levels to drop to where they need to be, the demand for oil is going to have to drop through the floor and the price will go crashing along with it without some popularly supported legislation of some sort affecting the vast majority of the civilized world.On Demand destruction is driving prices down, but is that a good thing? posted 1 year, 2 months ago 12 Responses

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  Worried about the Mercury

  I got a few of these bulbs and I broke a few of them.  One getting it out of the packaging.  One because my one year old knocked down a lamp and one because I was trying to put a lampshade that sits on top of a traditional bulb on one of these bulbs which is not something that a smarter person would have done.  I think I was trying to get them to 'work' where they would not 'work'.  I read the packaging.  I opened a window nearby and aired it out.  I picked up the pieces.  Unfortunately my wife vacuumed one which we read is a big no no and now the pieces from all of them are waiting in a bag outside for a time I can bring them to a special disposal site.  I can't just throw them away because the mercury will get into the groundwater etc.  So I'm not going to use these things until my son gets a little older except in places like ceiling lights.  And every time I read one of these posts about how I should use them I cringe a little because I'm too scared of the mercury.  Or maybe I'm being paranoid?On Please don't use incandescent bulbs for heating posted 1 year, 7 months ago 12 Responses

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  Silly?

  There must be a better way of lowering gasoline consumption than by not building enough infrastructure for people.  How about adding a tax to gasoline?  Then people who really need to drive somewhere can get there without waiting.  In some states private roads are being proposed.  How will that reduce the consumption of energy?On Commuters in Seattle avoid congested roads by driving less posted 2 years ago 5 Responses

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  What about Dodd and his tax?

  Isn't that progressive enough?  Or does he not count?On Edwards would auction 100 percent of pollution permits; welcomes Obama to the auction fold posted 2 years ago 3 Responses

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  externality camp

  I guess I'm in the camp that says if we price the externalities into the meat (we should price the externalities into everything) the prices will go up, the consumption down, or somehow the industry will clean itself up.  That I can do more than clamor for laws that make my food more expensive is clear - I can reduce my intake of meat in the meantime and tell people why.  Is any meat better than any other for the environment?  It used to be that people ate meat sparingly because it was expensive, now I feel people eat it for every meal almost.On On PETA's latest campaign posted 2 years, 1 month ago 256 Responses