http://www.carbontax.org/blogarchives/2007/01/20/the-races-will-go-on-with-imported-snow/ Pricing carbon efficiently and equitably Fri, 21 Nov 2008 03:58:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 http://www.carbontax.org/blogarchives/2007/01/20/the-races-will-go-on-with-imported-snow/#comment-15628 http://global-warming.weebly.com Fri, 25 Jan 2008 06:23:29 +0000 http://www.carbontax.org/blogarchives/2007/01/20/the-races-will-go-on-with-imported-snow/#comment-15628 Bravo Bravo

]]> http://www.carbontax.org/blogarchives/2007/01/20/the-races-will-go-on-with-imported-snow/#comment-15627 mark hawken Fri, 25 Jan 2008 06:22:49 +0000 http://www.carbontax.org/blogarchives/2007/01/20/the-races-will-go-on-with-imported-snow/#comment-15627 Well is 12 months to the day almost, I wonder if they did it again and hopefully someone jumped on the phone and gave these guys a serving.Personally I'm going to look into it further and see if they might like to volunteerally choose to offset some of the emissions they have or may generate with such events.     Well is 12 months to the day almost, I wonder if they did it again and hopefully someone jumped on the phone and gave these guys a serving.Personally I’m going to look into it further and see if they might like to volunteerally choose to offset some of the emissions they have or may generate with such events.    

]]> http://www.carbontax.org/blogarchives/2007/01/20/the-races-will-go-on-with-imported-snow/#comment-1428 Ed Wed, 25 Apr 2007 05:08:12 +0000 http://www.carbontax.org/blogarchives/2007/01/20/the-races-will-go-on-with-imported-snow/#comment-1428 Air travel could be much cheaper in energy terms than it is today.  We could have slower, light planes shaped somewhere between today's planes and hang gliders.  They'd go 1/2 as fast, burn 20% as much fuel, land in much smaller spots (long runways not required), make less noise, etc.  Remember, we're HUMANS.  We can probably solve any problem once we focus on it, including the problem of how to live with the carbon tax.  I do like the idea of Catskill Resorts coming back.  Air travel could be much cheaper in energy terms than it is today.  We could have slower, light planes shaped somewhere between today’s planes and hang gliders.  They’d go 1/2 as fast, burn 20% as much fuel, land in much smaller spots (long runways not required), make less noise, etc. 
Remember, we’re HUMANS.  We can probably solve any problem once we focus on it, including the problem of how to live with the carbon tax. 
I do like the idea of Catskill Resorts coming back. 

]]> http://www.carbontax.org/blogarchives/2007/01/20/the-races-will-go-on-with-imported-snow/#comment-8 freeheelflyer Tue, 23 Jan 2007 02:33:13 +0000 http://www.carbontax.org/blogarchives/2007/01/20/the-races-will-go-on-with-imported-snow/#comment-8 And I thought it was only the americans that wasted fuel!  Your carbon tax would halt this foolishness, no doubt, but then it may also cause the demise of the entire modern ski industry.  Ski Resorts use massive quantities of electricity, most of which is generated by burning fossil fuels.  Skiers themselves are relient on cheap fuel to get to the mountains, via planes and automobiles, from the far away cities in which they live.  The pricing models you project for carbon tax adjusted fuel would make skiing cost prohibitive to all but the very rich.  The travel industry, too, would face drastic shrinkage, job loss and might well impoverish far-flung locales fattened on past excess, such as Jamaica, which would slide back to its past role as third world slum.  On the bright side, the Catskills would reclaim their glory as New York City's top summer escape, and trees would reclaim the former ski slopes, adding precious oxygen to our carbon saturated atmosphere...  And I thought it was only the americans that wasted fuel! 
Your carbon tax would halt this foolishness, no doubt, but then it may also cause the demise of the entire modern ski industry.  Ski Resorts use massive quantities of electricity, most of which is generated by burning fossil fuels.  Skiers themselves are relient on cheap fuel to get to the mountains, via planes and automobiles, from the far away cities in which they live.  The pricing models you project for carbon tax adjusted fuel would make skiing cost prohibitive to all but the very rich.  The travel industry, too, would face drastic shrinkage, job loss and might well impoverish far-flung locales fattened on past excess, such as Jamaica, which would slide back to its past role as third world slum. 
On the bright side, the Catskills would reclaim their glory as New York City’s top summer escape, and trees would reclaim the former ski slopes, adding precious oxygen to our carbon saturated atmosphere… 

]]> http://www.carbontax.org/blogarchives/2007/01/20/the-races-will-go-on-with-imported-snow/#comment-7 ddartley Mon, 22 Jan 2007 21:42:13 +0000 http://www.carbontax.org/blogarchives/2007/01/20/the-races-will-go-on-with-imported-snow/#comment-7 Somebody, quick--turn on the AC!! Somebody, quick–turn on the AC!!

]]> http://www.carbontax.org/blogarchives/2007/01/20/the-races-will-go-on-with-imported-snow/#comment-6 Nick Sat, 20 Jan 2007 19:31:49 +0000 http://www.carbontax.org/blogarchives/2007/01/20/the-races-will-go-on-with-imported-snow/#comment-6 Maybe the skiers should refuse to race. Become the shock troops for SACC -- Skiers Against Climate Change.<br /> Maybe the skiers should refuse to race. Become the shock troops for SACC — Skiers Against Climate Change.

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