Final post for the day. All good reasons for a carbon tax, AKA "carbon royalties." No time to discuss why here; most of you have probably heard the arguments. But the royalties (paid at the point of extraction, so that extraction is both less profitable and done more judiciously) could be used to fund public transport AND energy efficiency AND renewables energy sources to replace carbon-based fuels, etc. Clean air, clean water, clean soil, healthy working conditions--so many basic values could be linked to the use of carbon fuels during the necessary transition . . .
On Nov 24, 2008, at 12:18 PM, Tony Del Plato wrote: > Amusing to remember Al Capp cartoons & Bullmoose. > Re: having squat to say about ownership of petroleum. At the moment > true. In > considering the economics of sustainability, mining and > extratraction of > resources will have to be brought more under the control of the public > sector, if only through stricter and more accountable regulation of > vital > industries.. Consider that 80% of current petroleum is owned by nation > states (and ruling elites within), it's not such a leap to imagine > bioregional control of the ecological foundations of communities, > removing > through buyouts or even appropriation if the "ecological security" of > peoples are threatened. > Tony > _______________________________________________ For more information about sustainability in the Tompkins County area, please visit: http://www.sustainabletompkins.org/ RSS, archives, subscription & listserv information for: [email protected] http://lists.mutualaid.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainabletompkins free hosting by http://www.mutualaid.org
