http://www.carbontax.org/blogarchives/2007/09/15/mankiws-compelling-arguments-for-a-carbon-tax-in-the-times/ Pricing carbon efficiently and equitably Mon, 13 Oct 2008 04:29:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 http://www.carbontax.org/blogarchives/2007/09/15/mankiws-compelling-arguments-for-a-carbon-tax-in-the-times/#comment-30903 Who Supports Carbon Taxes? « council of canadians | london Tue, 19 Aug 2008 04:28:37 +0000 http://www.carbontax.org/blogarchives/2007/09/15/mankiws-compelling-arguments-for-a-carbon-tax-in-the-times/#comment-30903 [...] in an op-ed, One Answer to Global Warming, in the Sept. 16 NY Times Sunday Business Section (see our blog for excerpts and discussion). His 2006 Wall Street Journal op-ed pieces (Jan. 3 and Oct. 20) are [...] […] in an op-ed, One Answer to Global Warming, in the Sept. 16 NY Times Sunday Business Section (see our blog for excerpts and discussion). His 2006 Wall Street Journal op-ed pieces (Jan. 3 and Oct. 20) are […]

]]> http://www.carbontax.org/blogarchives/2007/09/15/mankiws-compelling-arguments-for-a-carbon-tax-in-the-times/#comment-24569 Benedict J. Yappy Sun, 06 Jul 2008 07:46:32 +0000 http://www.carbontax.org/blogarchives/2007/09/15/mankiws-compelling-arguments-for-a-carbon-tax-in-the-times/#comment-24569 Damn, global warming Again.I've got a premise: If the global warming has become a problem, humans will have their way to solve it.Don't believe me? see: if the global warming has caused sea level to cover New York City, you know what? I think The US will  nuclear warhead to every oil producing places, to end oil production FOREVER. Then they will build converters to convert water and carbon dioxide to water and oxygen, similar to what the plants do (the only thing prevented this to happen NOW is it's way too expensive. When NYC is the price, the world worths it, right?). Our problem is settled.Silly, we do need airplanes. What we might NOT need in the future is airplanes WITH FOSSIL FUEL!! So, we still can fly without gas, only we haven't figure out why. Hm. Mankiw is right.But the thing is, other country still love Arab, they don't want to quickly transform cars to hidrogen cars. I am from Indonesia, imagine, would I sacrifice my prestige driving a Rolls Royce as a gift from my billionaire friend (supposed) to safe the earth? IT ISN'T THAT EASY. So, the whole world will put things to threaten US, such as they wouldn't trade with the US if it don't cut off gas taxes. SO, it is real hard.However, what Mankiw said can be taken, only softly, not as surprising as what he said. (I  am one of the joiners of National Science Olympiad on Economy in Indonesia, Makassar, 8 august 2008,  I stay in jakarta) Damn, global warming Again.I’ve got a premise: If the global warming has become a problem, humans will have their way to solve it.Don’t believe me? see: if the global warming has caused sea level to cover New York City, you know what? I think The US will  nuclear warhead to every oil producing places, to end oil production FOREVER. Then they will build converters to convert water and carbon dioxide to water and oxygen, similar to what the plants do (the only thing prevented this to happen NOW is it’s way too expensive. When NYC is the price, the world worths it, right?). Our problem is settled.Silly, we do need airplanes. What we might NOT need in the future is airplanes WITH FOSSIL FUEL!! So, we still can fly without gas, only we haven’t figure out why. Hm. Mankiw is right.But the thing is, other country still love Arab, they don’t want to quickly transform cars to hidrogen cars. I am from Indonesia, imagine, would I sacrifice my prestige driving a Rolls Royce as a gift from my billionaire friend (supposed) to safe the earth? IT ISN’T THAT EASY. So, the whole world will put things to threaten US, such as they wouldn’t trade with the US if it don’t cut off gas taxes. SO, it is real hard.However, what Mankiw said can be taken, only softly, not as surprising as what he said. (I  am one of the joiners of National Science Olympiad on Economy in Indonesia, Makassar, 8 august 2008,  I stay in jakarta)

]]> http://www.carbontax.org/blogarchives/2007/09/15/mankiws-compelling-arguments-for-a-carbon-tax-in-the-times/#comment-22903 Terry Clausen Wed, 04 Jun 2008 03:08:17 +0000 http://www.carbontax.org/blogarchives/2007/09/15/mankiws-compelling-arguments-for-a-carbon-tax-in-the-times/#comment-22903 You say the science is settled, prey you are right. Because if wrong, anyone who profits and conspires in this can plan on being sued to the end. Thats a promise. You say the science is settled, prey you are right. Because if wrong, anyone who profits and conspires in this can plan on being sued to the end. Thats a promise.

]]> http://www.carbontax.org/blogarchives/2007/09/15/mankiws-compelling-arguments-for-a-carbon-tax-in-the-times/#comment-16399 Wayne Kraus Sat, 09 Feb 2008 00:13:15 +0000 http://www.carbontax.org/blogarchives/2007/09/15/mankiws-compelling-arguments-for-a-carbon-tax-in-the-times/#comment-16399 Giving politicians a new tax only provides more money for political graft and corruption. If you really want to reduce CO2 emmissions, just stop using all fossil fuels now. You can work to where ever you go. you can go back to doing your laundry on a rock, nevfer fly in an airplane, never ride in a car. Let's get Al Gore to practice this draconian life style. By the way after we convert 85% of our corn crop to biofuel what are we going to eat? Can we cover the entire earth with a shield of solar collectors? That should stop global warming if the sun never strikes the earth again! It also seems that the treehuggers are now more concerned about a 2 degree centigrade temperature increase than the risk of nuclear power. I think terrorists will like that choice. Sometimes I think the world has gone mad but then I realize it is only a small segment of the population and they have always been insane! Canb anyone of you actually think on your own?     Giving politicians a new tax only provides more money for political graft and corruption. If you really want to reduce CO2 emmissions, just stop using all fossil fuels now. You can work to where ever you go. you can go back to doing your laundry on a rock, nevfer fly in an airplane, never ride in a car. Let’s get Al Gore to practice this draconian life style.
By the way after we convert 85% of our corn crop to biofuel what are we going to eat?
Can we cover the entire earth with a shield of solar collectors? That should stop global warming if the sun never strikes the earth again!
It also seems that the treehuggers are now more concerned about a 2 degree centigrade temperature increase than the risk of nuclear power. I think terrorists will like that choice.
Sometimes I think the world has gone mad but then I realize it is only a small segment of the population and they have always been insane!
Canb anyone of you actually think on your own?
 
 

]]> http://www.carbontax.org/blogarchives/2007/09/15/mankiws-compelling-arguments-for-a-carbon-tax-in-the-times/#comment-6036 Scott Wed, 19 Sep 2007 22:43:44 +0000 http://www.carbontax.org/blogarchives/2007/09/15/mankiws-compelling-arguments-for-a-carbon-tax-in-the-times/#comment-6036 The more I read about a carbon tax, the more sense it makes for our environment and our economy. Mankiw's article was great. The only problem with it is that it makes no mention of the national security benefit we would derive by weaning ourself off our foreign oil addiction. That alone needs constant repeating. You folks should send a copy of this article to the office of every single congress man and woman. The more I read about a carbon tax, the more sense it makes for our environment and our economy. Mankiw’s article was great. The only problem with it is that it makes no mention of the national security benefit we would derive by weaning ourself off our foreign oil addiction. That alone needs constant repeating. You folks should send a copy of this article to the office of every single congress man and woman.

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