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If the Grass Looks Greener, It’s Important to Understand the Nature of the Fence
One of the things about politics is that solutions always seem easier to implement and more promising before they stand a real chance of being implemented. People who have for one reason or another fallen in love with the idea of a carbon tax watch the difficulty Congress is having negotiating a ...
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If the grass looks greener, it’s important to understand the nature of the fence
Grist - the Latest from Grist — by Ryan Avent Cross-posted from The Bellows. One of the things about politics is that solutions always seem easier to implement and more promising before they stand a real chance of being implemented. People who have for one reason or another fallen in love with the idea of a carbon tax watch the difficulty Congress is having negotiating a passable climate bill and ask why we don’t just pass a carbon tax. It would be so easy! It’s just a tax! Pass it, price carbon, and bada bing, you’re done. But of course, a carbon ...

Clippings: Geoengineering, Wine in Boxes, Zero Waste
TreeHugger — Ryan Avent disses geoengineering in If the Grass Looks Greener, It's Important to Understand the Nature of the Fence; TreeHugger Take: ...

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