Carbon Tax: A Tool to Create Economic Growth
What would happen if we decided to tax the burning of fossil fuels–gasoline, natural gas, coal–and gave back the money to businesses and individuals as rebates on their income taxes?
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Getting to 2100
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Can Renewable Energy Fill the Gap?
One of the big questions hurled by the defenders of the fossil fuel age is that low-carbon energy technologies just can’t be ramped up to meet the burgeoning need of growing economies worldwide. And, of course, they shed alligator tears at this point over their concern for the billions of poor people yearning for refrigerators and cars who, they contend, would be left in poverty by the heartless “climate alarmists.” But it is a great question. Can we produce the energy for a vibrant, equitable economy without fossil fuels?
About Gettingto2100
Why Getting to 2100? The next century will be a test: can humans use their intelligence and foresight to successfully transition from our consumption-fueled economy to one that balances the needs of humans with the Earth’s available resources. Getting to 2100 aims to be a forum for sharing of good ideas and good works. Got a good example or a new idea? Share it with the world!
Recent Posts
- Walk To School? Bike? Not 87% of American Kids
- End to Automobility?
- Outdoor School in Oregon, A Good Cause in the 60s: A Good Cause Today. My involvement and two great videos
Recent Discussions
- The climate is changing, but how should we?
- Cooling our cities: how?
- More bikes, healthier planet: but how to get there?
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