: About Me

I'm 41 and live in Evergreen, CO. I've been blogging since 2005. The primary issues I like to write about are global warming, alternative energy, over fishing, and the stem cell ban.

My passion is ...

elephants

My parents always told me ...

try your best

My childhood ambition ...

surgeon

Why I write ...

to voice my ideas and concerns

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

audible.com

My best moment ...

graduating from college

My inspiration ...

Steven Hawking

Politics, News & Issues > Environmental Awareness Which is a more cost-effective and equitable way to bring down carbon emissions: A "cap and trade" program or a carbon tax?

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A crucial part in the effort to reduce carbon emissions is putting a price on those emissions. This is the only way to provide economic incentives for this reduction. Economic incentives are more effective than any other kind of incentives. Putting a price on carbon emissions could be done through either a cap-and-trade system or a carbon tax. In a cap-and-trade system large scale emitters have a limit on the amount of carbon they can emit. This is the cap. The reduction target is achieved by emission limits becoming stricter over time. These limits are enforceable because every emitter is...

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