Comments on: What are we really arguing about when we argue about climate change? http://www.carboncommentary.com/2009/11/03/844 A critical appraisal of issues in the move to a low-carbon economy Mon, 06 Feb 2012 06:02:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Какво се случва в Копенхаген. - Какво в Русе. com http://www.carboncommentary.com/2009/11/03/844/comment-page-1#comment-2743 Какво се случва в Копенхаген. - Какво в Русе. com Mon, 07 Dec 2009 06:58:11 +0000 http://www.carboncommentary.com/?p=844#comment-2743 [...] промени и за какво всъщност спорят учените – Chris Goodall в Carboncommentary Inhabitat’s Green Guide to COP15 и Inhabitats event picks for the Cop15 climate conference [...] [...] промени и за какво всъщност спорят учените – Chris Goodall в Carboncommentary Inhabitat’s Green Guide to COP15 и Inhabitats event picks for the Cop15 climate conference [...]

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]]> By: peter dublin http://www.carboncommentary.com/2009/11/03/844/comment-page-1#comment-2719 peter dublin Sat, 28 Nov 2009 03:38:04 +0000 http://www.carboncommentary.com/?p=844#comment-2719 Chris, Whatever one's attitude to global warming and greenhouse gas emissions, they can simply and effectively be lowered just by changes in electricity and transport (4/5 of emissions), changes advantageous in themselves, regardless of the emission reduction bonus that they also bring. http://www.ceolas.net/#cc1x Compare with complicated all-involving expensive circuitous cap and trade schemes, and with efficiency regulation and the restrictions and reduction of choice that come with it, regulation not necessary anyway since there is no energy supply problem, and since business and consumers can make efficient choices themselves to the extent they find it meaningful and profitable. Emission Policy Alternatives http://ceolas.net/#cce1x Introduction: The need - or not - to deal with emissions The Overall Picture Emission sources, land and ocean cycles, agriculture and deforestation 1. Direct Industrial Emission Regulation Mandated reduction of CO2, monitored like other emission substances 2. Carbon Taxation Fuel Tax -- Emission Tax 3. Emission Trading (Cap and Trade) Basic Idea -- Offsets -- Tree Planting -- Manufacture Shift -- Fair Trade -- Surreal Market -- Allowances: Auctions + Hand-Outs -- Allowance Trading -- Companies: Business Stability + Cost -- In Conclusion 4. Contracted CO2 Reduction Private companies compete for contracts to lower CO2 emissions. Chris,
Whatever one’s attitude to global warming and greenhouse gas emissions,
they can simply and effectively be lowered just by changes in electricity and transport (4/5 of emissions),
changes advantageous in themselves,
regardless of the emission reduction bonus that they also bring.
http://www.ceolas.net/#cc1x

Compare with complicated all-involving expensive circuitous cap and trade schemes,
and with efficiency regulation and the restrictions and reduction of choice that come with it, regulation not necessary anyway since there is no energy supply problem, and since business and consumers can make efficient choices themselves to the extent they find it meaningful and profitable.

Emission Policy Alternatives
http://ceolas.net/#cce1x
Introduction: The need – or not – to deal with emissions
The Overall Picture
Emission sources, land and ocean cycles, agriculture and deforestation
1. Direct Industrial Emission Regulation
Mandated reduction of CO2, monitored like other emission substances
2. Carbon Taxation
Fuel Tax — Emission Tax
3. Emission Trading (Cap and Trade)
Basic Idea — Offsets — Tree Planting — Manufacture Shift — Fair Trade — Surreal Market — Allowances: Auctions + Hand-Outs — Allowance Trading — Companies: Business Stability + Cost — In Conclusion
4. Contracted CO2 Reduction
Private companies compete for contracts to lower CO2 emissions.

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