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one important note... we might not like it, but this is the system the world has adopted.
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Posted by shikantaza on 2012-05-02 11:25:58

In Reply to: Cap & Trade = the selling of indulgences. Discuss... posted by nomad on 2012-05-01 19:43:14

I think there is a certain advantage to linking in with that system as it's probably too late to start over on the global level.

The other option would be for us to just do a side agreement and do the cap without the trade... or, my favorite, implement a carbon tax with a corresponding progressive income tax break to increase employment and to offset some of the regressive aspects of the tax.

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Cap & Trade = the selling of indulgences. Discuss... - nomad 2012-05-01 19:43:14 (51 views)

the idea is not bad, but it is ultimately just another financial derivative - 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. - shikantaza 2012-05-02 11:25:58 (49 views)

Cap & Trade = another plan for the redistribution of wealth - 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. - jtown 2012-05-02 19:34:11 (38 views)

Agreed. Money from rich companies that find it too costly to cut CO2, pay money - DC Warrior 2012-05-02 10:26:00 (48 views)

catchy name for something that would be fine if it worked... - shikantaza 2012-05-01 20:39:25 (51 views)

the cap is the point. All the trading does is decide who reduces to make the cap - DC Warrior 2012-05-02 05:42:55 (48 views)

Bad scheme, ripe for corruption. Another rotten idea by free market zealots. - nomad 2012-05-02 10:25:00 (40 views)

as opposed to what? Making every factory cut its emissions by 50%? - DC Warrior 2012-05-02 10:27:30 (42 views)

Something along those lines. Why would regulating emissions be prohibitively complicated? - nomad 2012-05-02 10:32:43 (43 views)

because, as I pointed out - DC Warrior 2012-05-02 10:54:24 (48 views)

And about the liberal think tanks - nomad 2012-05-02 11:15:57 (41 views)

let's talk about that - why would cap and trade "lock in inefficiencies and reward parasites" - DC Warrior 2012-05-02 12:16:57 (50 views)

Just to finish up: - nomad 2012-05-03 12:56:08 (29 views)

I said that about the medical insurance system. - nomad 2012-05-02 12:47:02 (38 views)

Totally unconvincing. - nomad 2012-05-02 11:00:18 (36 views)

Indulgences = market-based reform based on incentives, not punitive regulation. - altamont 2012-05-01 20:17:37 (61 views)

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