One of the greatest thing
invented was the printing press. Close behind was landing a man on the Moon.
Medicine had major breakthroughs; the discovery of penicillin, vaccines and
organ transplants. Harnessing electricity, using blast furnaces to make steal
and the oil industry were benefits to mankind. We paid little attention to the yellow
clouds hanging over cities.
Environmentalists, doctors
and scientists started to sound alarms. The govemment took measures to reduce
the amount of CO2 floating into the atmosphere. Cap and Trade was introduced as
a way to reduce toxins emissions. Auto manufactures were required to make more
fuel-efficient gasoline engines. Recycling was and is a success because it
makes sense and is easy.
Citizen’s Climate Lobby is
working to get Carbon Fee/Dividends introduced.
* A fee is placed on fossil
fuels at the source; well, mine, port of entry. The fee starts at $l5 per ton
of CO2 emissions and increases each year by $10.
*All the money collected is
retumed to American households. About 2/3 of all households would break even or
receive more in their dividend checks than they would pay in higher prices due
to the fee.
*A border tariff adjustment
on goods imported or exported to countries without a equivalent price on
carbon. This would discourage businesses to relocate and encourage other
nations to adopt an equivalent price on carbon.
*A predictable increasing
carbon price will send a clear market signal which will prompt entrepreneurs
and investors in the new clean-energy economy.
Charles Franklin
March 2016
unpublished
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