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Cap & Trade = the selling of indulgences. Discuss...
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Posted by nomad on 2012-05-01 19:43:14
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Cap & Trade = the selling of indulgences. Discuss...
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nomad
2012-05-01 19:43:14
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the idea is not bad, but it is ultimately just another financial derivative
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Max
2012-05-02 13:03:12
(43 views)
one important note... we might not like it, but this is the system the world has adopted.
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shikantaza
2012-05-02 11:25:58
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Cap & Trade = another plan for the redistribution of wealth
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gsw_hoops
2012-05-02 10:14:33
(34 views)
LMAO @ this being your contribution to the conversation. a fucking 1/2 assed bumper sticker slogan.
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jtown
2012-05-02 19:34:11
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Agreed. Money from rich companies that find it too costly to cut CO2, pay money
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DC Warrior
2012-05-02 10:26:00
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catchy name for something that would be fine if it worked...
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shikantaza
2012-05-01 20:39:25
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the cap is the point. All the trading does is decide who reduces to make the cap
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DC Warrior
2012-05-02 05:42:55
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Bad scheme, ripe for corruption. Another rotten idea by free market zealots.
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nomad
2012-05-02 10:25:00
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as opposed to what? Making every factory cut its emissions by 50%?
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DC Warrior
2012-05-02 10:27:30
(42 views)
Something along those lines. Why would regulating emissions be prohibitively complicated?
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nomad
2012-05-02 10:32:43
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because, as I pointed out
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DC Warrior
2012-05-02 10:54:24
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And about the liberal think tanks
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nomad
2012-05-02 11:15:57
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let's talk about that - why would cap and trade "lock in inefficiencies and reward parasites"
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DC Warrior
2012-05-02 12:16:57
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Just to finish up:
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nomad
2012-05-03 12:56:08
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I said that about the medical insurance system.
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nomad
2012-05-02 12:47:02
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Totally unconvincing.
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nomad
2012-05-02 11:00:18
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Indulgences = market-based reform based on incentives, not punitive regulation.
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altamont
2012-05-01 20:17:37
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