2008Dec29: “A rising carbon price is essential to “decarbonize” the economy, i.e., to move the nation toward the era beyond fossil fuels. The most effective way to achieve this is a carbon tax (on oil, gas, and coal) at the well-head or port of entry. The tax will then appropriately affect all products and activities that use fossil fuels. The public’s near-term, mid-term, and long-term lifestyle choices will be affected by knowledge that the carbon tax rate will be rising,” wrote Jim Hansen, head of Nasa’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies, and his wife Anniek to Barack and Michelle Obama (Columbia University).
Reference: Columbia University http://www.columbia.edu/~jeh1/mailings/20081229_DearMichelleAndBarack.pdf
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