This is my point -- whatever oil we could displace with CTL, we could
displace *way, way more* using other means -- biofuels, plug-in hybrids,
pay-as-you-go auto insurance, feebates, public transit,
teleconferencing, etc. etc. The question is where the dollars will have
the most impact. Hell, for the kind of money the coal industry is asking
for we could practically buy a plug-in hybrid for every American car
owner outright, and I'm not even sure that's an exaggeration. Even
purely on energy-independence, peak-oil-delaying grounds, CTL is an
awful idea, a dangerous distraction, and a waste of limited money.
Yes, if you assume CTL is inevitable, then you should make damn sure
sequestration goes along with it. But why assume that? I had members of
Congress tell me flatly that these CTL subsidies will never become law.
If /members of Congress/ are acting more bold than you, that's a sign
your strategy may be too clever by half. If we're serious about the
severity of these problems, we shouldn't be settling for scraps. We
should be drawing some bright lines and planting our boots on some
asses. It's long overdue.
James Annan wrote:
> Michael Tobis wrote:
>
>
>> We can't stop driving cars and trucks in North America for a couple of
>> generations; we have sunk too much into the vehicular infrastructure
>> and too little into anything else. We pretty much can break even on
>> this part and work on other wedges, or we can lose big.
>>
>
> However, you could cut fuel consumption by 50% without even noticing it,
> and probably much more with any real effort.
>
> James
>
>
> >
>
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