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dc_dux · 10-02-2007, 09:08 PM

I dont think I vilified anyone and again, you're talking extremes with examples like using computers and tithing your salary into carbon credits.

And you really didnt address the downside of taking some broad policy action versus doing nothing but waiting for a new consensus that might or might not emerge

I'm talking about policies that can be implemented that support both economic and environmental sustainability. The CO2 emissions law that passed in California last year is, IMO, a good model. It requires the reduction of iemissions of greenhouse gases (primarily from utilities and other industries) to 1990 levels by the year 2020 and it addresses the potential economic impact in reaching that goal. (Forbes article on the Cali law)

Is that really worse than doing nothing?

10-02-2007, 09:08 PM	#34 (permalink)
dc_dux Location: Washington DC	I dont think I vilified anyone and again, you're talking extremes with examples like using computers and tithing your salary into carbon credits. And you really didnt address the downside of taking some broad policy action versus doing nothing but waiting for a new consensus that might or might not emerge I'm talking about policies that can be implemented that support both economic and environmental sustainability. The CO2 emissions law that passed in California last year is, IMO, a good model. It requires the reduction of iemissions of greenhouse gases (primarily from utilities and other industries) to 1990 levels by the year 2020 and it addresses the potential economic impact in reaching that goal. (Forbes article on the Cali law) Is that really worse than doing nothing? __________________ "The perfect is the enemy of the good." ~ Voltaire