On Jun 10, 2010, at 1:07 PM, Gar Lipow wrote: > Don't have time right now to make a real post. But I've written a lot > on elasticity in the past. And the empirical data shows that price > increases are a weak tool in reducing use.
Those price increases have often been temporary, or perceived as such, haven't they? > My fear of price increases is that focus on price > distracts from the large scale public investment and command & control > regulation that are more urgent that will be responsible for the > overwhelming majority of emissions reductions should we ever have to > political power and will to implement a real emissions reduction > policy. Why is it an either/or thing? Why not a carbon tax whose proceeds are used to fund alternative energy R&D? Doug _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
