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  • I agree with Ken.  If we have enough energy of any kind to run a world economy with a moderate rate of growth, and if we can do this while constraining carbon emissions from the rest of the economy, then coming up with low-carbon aviation fuel is not going to be a huge problem.   Algal production of fuel seems to be moving ahead reasonably well.   Even if aviation fuel cost 3x it's present cost, my sense is that would only add about 50% to the price of a plane ticket.   Making a carbon neutral economy is going to require a lot of good new technology in a lot of fields, I don't think aviation is worse than others.   It's just that energy is going to get more expensive, and energy costs of aviation are a bigger fraction (25% or so) than in many other treats.   

    On Ask Umbra on flying less posted 3 months, 1 week ago 17 Responses

  • Thanks!

    Thanks so much for this analysis.   I read the bill this morning, and certainly didn't figure out the numbers for the tax relief and the rural cooperatives.    

    Two questions:
    *Did I miss something, or is there really nothing in the way of "border adjustments?"  Shouldn't the EPA be estimating the carbon emissions associated with imported manufactured items and requiring a carbon allowance from the importer, unless the manufacturing country has it's own carbon market?  

    *Again, did I miss something, or are natural gas producers outside of Alaska really exempted from getting allowances?  

    Thanks again,

    DanOn Lieberman-Warner climate bill hitting the Senate floor posted 1 year, 5 months ago 6 Responses