Comments Brendan Patrick has made
So what's the best available option then?
Sean,
of all the ideas out there, which do you think would be the best?On All the kids are talking about it posted 2 years, 4 months ago 17 Responses
Not quite, Sean...
Sean, you said: "Every cap & trade proposal out there includes an allocation provision. And therefore, everyone of them includes a provision that will, by design, create a big gift to those lucky coal plants. All in the name of carbon reduction."
Well Cap & Share, which was modelled after Contraction and Convergence, does NOT allocate credits to companies OR to government. It allocates credits directly to the people and gets the fossil fuel producers and importers (importers until the system goes worldwide) to buy the credits from the citizens - through the banks. Citizen takes emissions entitlement to bank. Fossil Fuel company cycles to bank to purchase emissions entitlement. It's simple, transparent and effective.
www dot cap and share dot org
www.capandshare.org
Still waiting for ANYONE from Grist to write about this new proposal.On All the kids are talking about it posted 2 years, 4 months ago 17 Responses
I'll say it again...
The US companies have seen what the European countries got away with the EU ETS and they want to do the same 'cap and trade' system. Never mind cap and trade, where you try to monitor companies emitting fossil fuels - why not simplify the system and go after those producing or importing fossil fuels? That is what CAP AND SHARE advocates:
www dot cap and share dot com
I think grist should contact Richard Douthwaite, the main economist behind cap and share and the founder of Feasta (Foundation for the Economics of Sustainability in Ireland) and let him speak on here, as opposed to covering carbon taxes and cap and trade over and over and over, when they both have serious problems.
Why not look at a new solution? This is an extension and democratisation of Contraction and Convergence. I think gristmillers would dig(g) it.On Business is splitting from Republicans; the time is right for a tax posted 2 years, 6 months ago 2 Responses
The work has already been done!
People have already looked at the mistakes with the EU ETS:
http://www.feasta.org/documents/energy/emissions2007.pdf
that covers not only the faults of the EU ETS, but also briefly covers other proposals which are popular, such as Contraction and Convergence, Tradable Energy Quotas, Sky Trust and Feasta's own Cap and Share.
www.capandshare.org
http://www.climatecooperation.org/index.php?title=Cap_and ...
On Learning is fun posted 2 years, 7 months ago 2 ResponsesI'll ask again...
how are people going to show up to these concerts? How big are the parking lots? My suggestion is to not have a parking lot at all at any of these concerts, since it will be televised anyway. That'll send a message. On Gore launches massive effort to combat climate change posted 2 years, 9 months ago 6 Responses
and how is everyone going to get to the concert?
To make this a truly environmental event, there should be no parking spaces available at these concerts. Figure out how to get there yourself. Buses can park, though. On More buzz about the Live Earth concerts posted 2 years, 9 months ago 2 Responses
What about "Cap and Share"??????
I'm sure you haven't heard of it, since it's quite new, so here:
www.capandshare.org
it's not a carbon tax and isn't a typical cap and trade system either. If you have any thoughts be sure to contact the coordinators.
I've made a quick clip of it here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZX9ky8SO8aMOn Why carbon taxes trump cap-and-trade posted 2 years, 9 months ago 18 Responses