Energy independence and global warming.

From: Environmental Law | Date: June 22, 2007| Author: | Copyright information

In this essay, Professor Pierce explains why we should stop talking about the unattainable and nonsensical idea of energy independence and instead have a serious discussion of potential methods to mitigate anthropogenic global warming. He explains why only a globally coordinated cap and trade system or a globally coordinated carbon tax has any realistic chance of mitigating the effects of global warming and why there is little reason to be optimistic that either approach will be adopted To be effective, either would increase significantly the cost of oil, gas, and electricity to everyone ...

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