I think Monbiot probably does support a carbon tax; I certainly do. The only way I can see most coal being left in the ground is if there is a substantial tax on it "upstream" of its being used: that is, the moment it leaves the ground.
Margaret >I'm a little surprised that he didn't make a case for a carbon tax, but >perhaps that idea looks totally impossible given the business-as-usual >scene he describes. > >Joel > >At 09:54 AM 12/12/07 -0500, you wrote: >>not a joke: serious policy, economics and science >>behind this. Monbiot's latest and one of his best. >> >>http://www.monbiot.com/archives/2007/12/11/rigged/ >> >> >>Rigged >>Posted December 11, 2007 >>The climate talks are a stitch-up, as no one is talking about supply. >> >>By George Monbiot. Published in the Guardian 11th December 2007 >>Ladies and gentlemen, I have the answer! >>Incredible as it might seem, I have stumbled >>across the single technology which will save us >>from runaway climate change! From the goodness of >>my heart I offer it to you for free. No patents, >>no small print, no hidden clauses. Already this >>technology, a radical new kind of carbon capture >>and storage, is causing a stir among scientists. >>It is cheap, it is efficient and it can be >>deployed straight away. It is called leaving >>fossil fuels in the ground. >>On a filthy day last week, as governments >>gathered in Bali to prevaricate about climate >>change, a group of us tried to put this policy >>into effect. We swarmed into the opencast coal >>mine being dug at Ffos-y-fran in South Wales and >>occupied the excavators, shutting down the works >>for the day. We were motivated by a fact which >>the wise heads in Bali have somehow missed: if >>fossil fuels are extracted, they will be used. >> >>. . . >> >>FULL ARTICLE AT LINK ABOVE >>_______________________________________________ >>RSS, archives, subscription & listserv information for: >>[email protected] >>http://lists.mutualaid.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainabletompkins >>free hosting by http://www.mutualaid.org >_______________________________________________ >RSS, archives, subscription & listserv information for: >[email protected] >http://lists.mutualaid.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainabletompkins >free hosting by http://www.mutualaid.org _______________________________________________ RSS, archives, subscription & listserv information for: [email protected] http://lists.mutualaid.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainabletompkins free hosting by http://www.mutualaid.org
