Sadly, the world has largely ignored the Limits to Growth <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Limits_to_Growth> report. Here is a history <http://www.thesolutionsjournal.com/node/569>of the world's (lack of) response to that report. I highly recommend it.
On a happier note, I can also recommend two papers discussing how to reduce CO2 emissions without *starting *with a carbon tax (or cap and trade): Science Magazine: Winning coalitions for climate policy <http://www.sciencemag.org/content/349/6253/1170.full> (Summary <http://www.sciencemag.org/content/349/6253/1170.summary>) Nature Magazine: Energy policy: Push renewables to spur carbon pricing <http://www.nature.com/news/energy-policy-push-renewables-to-spur-carbon-pricing-1.18260> Both articles suggest that the way to counter-act the political influence of big carbon is to encourage green energy technologies. The Science article is the most encouraging article I've read in a long time. It explains why individuals don't matter in the power struggle, and yet suggests a reasonable way forward. To be clear, both articles assume that penalizing CO2 emitters is ultimately the best solution. But before that can happen we must have powerful, concentrated interests in favor of green energy. Edward -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "leo-editor" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to leo-editor+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to leo-editor@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/leo-editor. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
