Ryan,
I have no need to hear my own voice; hundreds of my landowner clients
hear from me all the time (as well as our 5 kids!). Or maybe you think
there should be litmus tests for everybody so they all agree with you.
The fact is that prominent people as disparate as Exxon CEO Rex
Tillerson to NASA scientist and leading climate expert Jim Hansen favor
a carbon tax over "cap & trade" (or "offsets") because it's more
transparent, easier to impose and collect. Hansen rejects "cap & trade"
because it's full of loopholes and just benefits consultants and
traders. A Wall Street Journal survey found that a majority of
economists favor a carbon tax over "cap & trade" because it's the most
efficient policy and sector neutral.
Furthermore, in Europe after two years of operation, the EU's carbon
trading market is not working. It has not reduced emissions while the
value of the credits has plummeted.
In conclusion, the arguments for "cap & trade" (or offsets) have been
demolished.
That might be an inconvenient truth for some but I suspect those that
howl the loudest most likely have a fiduciary interest in the "cap &
trade" scam.
Mike
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From: [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ryan McEwan
Sent: Wednesday, June 10, 2009 10:16 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [ENTS] Re: High elevation forest response to
climate change and other factors
What we have here, unfortunately, is these two (yet
again) shouting into the dark just to hear their own voices. Honestly,
we have no evidence this is anything more than antagonism for the sake
of antagonism...
If you ask them for analysis, new data, specific
refutation of model parameters, or even for a demonstration of real
understanding of where the science is on the issue...you get silence, or
changing gears to a new, even more vigorous, rant.
Tilting at windmills.
Calling this RGGI bull**** is just name calling. No
attempt to provide salient criticism. No attempt to describe how the
carbon cycle might be impacted by this proposal...where it might
succeed, where it might fail. No engagement with the actual facts.
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