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joshcryer

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8. No, I support decentralization, I simply recognize the system doesn't...

Reply to kristopher (Reply #7)

Tue Jul 3, 2012, 07:58 PM

Jul 2012

...support it to any significant extent.

As we can see even with the much lowered cost of renewables, they still aren't making a dent in coal and other fossil sources. A carbon tax is really the only way to effectively and quickly do that.

But hell, we're not even getting cap and trade, so a carbon tax is far beyond realistic.

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Rio+20: ‘We Cannot Conflate The Negotiations With What Is Actually Happening On The Ground’ [View all] kristopher Jul 2012 OP

Can you edit this down? XemaSab Jul 2012 #1

Why? kristopher Jul 2012 #2

Yes, there is a definitive copyright rule on DU... Spazito Jul 2012 #6

The article at least admits Rio+20 was an abject failure. Too bad it puts on rose colored glasses... joshcryer Jul 2012 #3

The difference between top-down "command and control" methods and grass roots economic change... kristopher Jul 2012 #4

It's not worth acknowldeging. joshcryer Jul 2012 #5

Sure it is, unless you are a proponent of centralized thermal. kristopher Jul 2012 #7

No, I support decentralization, I simply recognize the system doesn't... joshcryer Jul 2012 #8

Perhaps if you had some inkling of economics you'd make more sense. kristopher Jul 2012 #9

I've been predicting no abatment for 5 years or more now. joshcryer Jul 2012 #10

You haven't predicted anything. kristopher Jul 2012 #11

But you regularly post how "the norms of society" will "be decided by" such things. joshcryer Jul 2012 #12