re: #220 b_sharp

No we aren’t and that’s the problem. At 400ppm we’re at a point where the script is written. We need to do something to reduce emissions dramatically in the short term, not the long term.

So far the only method that has a chance of reducing emissions over that short period is the stick. Humans respond faster when their pocket books are affected so a carbon tax is the best choice now. However that tax needs to be reinvested into new technologies so contrary to what some say, the tax doesn’t just disappear into the aether.

You know what gets me? We have all of that free energy from the sun going unused. Kind of stunning really. No, it’s not free since it requires technology to capture it but there it is. Solar energy that I “studied” for a year in the early 80s. Solar panels and the satellite solar power stations. That was 33 years ago. Here we are.