Comments on: Help Make Our Capitol Hill Briefing on Carbon Taxes a Big Success

By: Linda

Linda — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 15:12:48 +0000

I was relieved to see that Chris – # 2 – was against a crabon tax. This way, the CARBON tax won’t be affected. It is still hard to believe that there are any questions as to the root of this environmental crisis. We have a long way to go and there are many hurdles to jump and our educational systems need desperately to be on board. Cheers to you movers and shakers! Keep doing what you’re doing – every tiny piece of this puzzle is essential and the inspiration we provide will have exponential impact!

By: Jeff Snyder

Jeff Snyder — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 17:42:54 +0000

Read the IPCC chart. Explain the spikes.

By: Holly Berkowitz

Holly Berkowitz — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 06:51:01 +0000

Finally, our nation can take critical steps now to undo some of the outrageous damage caused by the Bush-Cheney White House….and we need those steps as soon as possible.A carbon tax should be much more effective and fair than a "cap and trade" system that simply moves the pollutants around. The carbon tax will inspire innovation and funnel resources where they need to go….into cost-efficient and energy-efficient and clean sources of energy, especially wind and solar and other innovations…. jump-starting our economy and putting cash and political power into our nation’s democracy instead of into the hands of oil-rich dictators.Dr. Jerald Schnoor has developed some fabulous findings on the effectiveness of green carbon sequestration, green spaces filling so many wastelands in our nation….including gardens to nurture our inner cities.More later Thanks for your efforts.

By: Zerfinla

Zerfinla — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 00:09:20 +0000

Sorry, the link some how isn’t working if you just click it. try to copy and past it. http://www.geocraft.com/WVFossils/greenhouse_data.html

By: Zerfinla

Zerfinla — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 00:05:03 +0000

When people say they read all the data, what do they mean ALL the data? I keep hearing about All this data out there proving that humans are to blame, but then I find this web page. http://www.geocraft.com/WVFossils/greenhouse_data.html I don’t want to bash making this world a pretty place, plant more trees sounds good,but taxing us on something that we are just guessing on… thats not good enough. We’re not helping the Earth, we’re just giving in to a Fad that the government is exploiting. A private company that passes a few bucks to some law makers so that they can stay in business. Don’t fall into this trap, look for more data and stop going on just sound bites and news flashes, there’s always more to a story then what they say. ALWAYS. An while you’re looking things up, look for a good place to plant some seeds. Like I just did.

By: Carbon Tax Center » At Last, It Begins: Real, Substantive Debate on 2009 Climate Legislation

Wed, 26 Nov 2008 04:36:28 +0000

[...] Significantly, these discussions aren’t all taking place behind closed doors, but in full public view, for example at a public Hill briefing December 9 with carbon tax supporters like NASA scientist James Hansen, economists Gilbert Metcalf and Robert Shapiro, Canadian public affairs expert James Hoggan, and Rep. John B. Larson (D-Conn., 1st district), who has just been elected chair of the House Democratic Caucus, and who introduced an early piece of carbon tax legislation into the House. The public can attend, along with Congressional members and staff — details here. [...]

By: » Recent and Upcoming Appearances by Jim Hansen and Mark Bowen

» Recent and Upcoming Appearances by Jim Hansen and Mark Bowen — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 15:05:12 +0000

[...] December 9, 2008, 9 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Ways & Means Committee hearing room, B-318 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, D.C. More details here. [...]

By: Q

Fri, 21 Nov 2008 15:07:57 +0000

Thanks for your comments. Any carbon tax would have to be progressive so some kind of refund or abatement to the poor is clearly required. However, that does not mean the tax has to be revenue neutral, and whatever revenues are collected from it can be applied to funding the R&D required in the short term, and foot the bill in the long term to pay for carbon removal.

By: David Collins

David Collins — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 22:45:41 +0000

I wish I could join the CTC in Washington on December 9, but what with the stock market collapse and related matters, that is out of the question.

Ref. #3: Properly implemented revenue neutrality (I far prefer paying Carbon Tax funds collected to be returned to citizens on a count-the-noses basis) is needed to eliminate the inherent regressiveness of the tax. The poor (like me these days) spend proportionately far more of our income on energy. I fully agree with you on the need for removal of CO2 from the atmosphere. However, I would prioritize reduction of greenhouse gases in the near future. And although I suspect massive R&D will be required to develop atmospheric carbon sequestration & storage (anybody have a snazzy name for it?), at least the Carbon Tax would provide at least one revenue stream for whoever could show she is doing it!

By: Q

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:31:22 +0000

Why not use the tax revenues to pay for carbon sequestration? Making it revenue neutral is continuing the fantasy that we can have our cake and eat it too! Reducing emissions does not prevent global warming, it only slows down the rate at which warming happens in the future, at best. To actually reverse global warming we have to reduce atmospheric concentration of carbon, and to do that we have to start actively removing carbon from the atmosphere, which will cost real money. What better way to raise those funds than a carbon tax?