<![CDATA[Grist - Comment Feed for EPA’s first administrator is bullish on Obama, but not cap-and-trade]]> Grist Comment Feed en Comment #1 by jram http://www.grist.org/article/Obamas-Preferred-Bill/ Tue, 30 Dec 2008 00:18:26 -0800 http://www.grist.org/article/Obamas-Preferred-Bill/1 William D. Ruckelshaus

Wow, what a rational sounding person! It almost made me weep with joy to read the article. I am going to LOVE the next four (eight?) years!!!

]]> William D. Ruckelshaus

Wow, what a rational sounding person! It almost made me weep with joy to read the article. I am going to LOVE the next four (eight?) years!!!

]]> Comment #2 by davedenali http://www.grist.org/article/Obamas-Preferred-Bill/ Tue, 30 Dec 2008 08:51:11 -0800 http://www.grist.org/article/Obamas-Preferred-Bill/2 re: am I really a republican

"So I have to ask myself, am I really a Republican?"

So resign already.  Yes, the GOP has been run for years now by fools who convinced the public they don't have to pay for government.  It was a stunningly stupid, evil thing to do and has done us irreversible harm.  So what is he doing still being a member of this party?

]]> re: am I really a republican

"So I have to ask myself, am I really a Republican?"

So resign already.  Yes, the GOP has been run for years now by fools who convinced the public they don't have to pay for government.  It was a stunningly stupid, evil thing to do and has done us irreversible harm.  So what is he doing still being a member of this party?

]]> Comment #3 by Chloe501 http://www.grist.org/article/Obamas-Preferred-Bill/ Tue, 30 Dec 2008 17:13:44 -0800 http://www.grist.org/article/Obamas-Preferred-Bill/3 The best way to address climate change.

Address human overpopulation.

]]> The best way to address climate change.

Address human overpopulation.

]]> Comment #4 by CR http://www.grist.org/article/Obamas-Preferred-Bill/ Wed, 31 Dec 2008 06:19:14 -0800 http://www.grist.org/article/Obamas-Preferred-Bill/4 Cap & Trade

I heard a radio report on cap & trade programs in Europe, and they sounded incredibly complex and subject to abuse. It sounds simple: a company that wants to increase emissions buys credits from one that is willing to decrease emissions. The problem is, those who are decreasing emissions have to prove that they would not have taken those actions without the payments. How do you demostrate why you are making energy efficiencies in your building or your factory or your vehicle fleet? It takes mountains of paperwork. And of course, we would like to see everyone improve their energy efficiency even without being paid to do it. I like Al Gore's idea: a carbon tax instead of the payroll tax.

]]> Cap & Trade

I heard a radio report on cap & trade programs in Europe, and they sounded incredibly complex and subject to abuse. It sounds simple: a company that wants to increase emissions buys credits from one that is willing to decrease emissions. The problem is, those who are decreasing emissions have to prove that they would not have taken those actions without the payments. How do you demostrate why you are making energy efficiencies in your building or your factory or your vehicle fleet? It takes mountains of paperwork. And of course, we would like to see everyone improve their energy efficiency even without being paid to do it. I like Al Gore's idea: a carbon tax instead of the payroll tax.

]]> Comment #5 by javaplace http://www.grist.org/article/Obamas-Preferred-Bill/ Thu, 01 Jan 2009 09:21:19 -0800 http://www.grist.org/article/Obamas-Preferred-Bill/5 Obama's choice for "energy czar" -

the article state, "Obama's choice for "energy czar" - Carol Browner.
So who's Steven Chu?

]]> Obama's choice for "energy czar" -

the article state, "Obama's choice for "energy czar" - Carol Browner.
So who's Steven Chu?

]]> Comment #6 by Ashley Braun http://www.grist.org/article/Obamas-Preferred-Bill/ Thu, 01 Jan 2009 16:45:52 -0800 http://www.grist.org/article/Obamas-Preferred-Bill/6 Steven Chu is the Secretary of Energy

while Carol Browner is taking on a brand new position with broader implications for both energy and climate issues.

Here's more info on Chu:
A Nobelist for energy secretary who gets both climate and energy efficiency?
Steven Chu is a progressive environmentalist because he's a good scientist



]]> Steven Chu is the Secretary of Energy

while Carol Browner is taking on a brand new position with broader implications for both energy and climate issues.

Here's more info on Chu:
A Nobelist for energy secretary who gets both climate and energy efficiency?
Steven Chu is a progressive environmentalist because he's a good scientist



]]> Comment #7 by geoark http://www.grist.org/article/Obamas-Preferred-Bill/ Fri, 16 Jan 2009 06:27:19 -0800 http://www.grist.org/article/Obamas-Preferred-Bill/7 Cap & Trade

The Carbon Tax with a tax reduction on work and enterprise is just what our economy needs.  Cap & Trade is really "Cap & Charade".  A Congressional Report shows that a direct carbon tax would be five times more effective than cap & trade schemes.  There is a role for government and one of those roles is to correct a price system that doesn't include true environmental(and other external) costs.  A carbon tax would provide incetives for energy conservation and the development of clean renewable sources.  see http://www.carbontax.org/ for a good information on the carbon tax.

GeoArk
Save your job, save your business, save your Planet: Tax Waste, Not Work!

]]> Cap & Trade

The Carbon Tax with a tax reduction on work and enterprise is just what our economy needs.  Cap & Trade is really "Cap & Charade".  A Congressional Report shows that a direct carbon tax would be five times more effective than cap & trade schemes.  There is a role for government and one of those roles is to correct a price system that doesn't include true environmental(and other external) costs.  A carbon tax would provide incetives for energy conservation and the development of clean renewable sources.  see http://www.carbontax.org/ for a good information on the carbon tax.

GeoArk
Save your job, save your business, save your Planet: Tax Waste, Not Work!

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