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young_clinton
Joined: 09 Sep 2009
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Posted: Thu Nov 15, 2012 6:26 am Post subject: |
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Kuros wrote: |
We should be steadily moving towards decreasing our consumption of oil. That may actually give us independence from oil price fluctuations and shocks. |
We need oil for other things and we have global warming. The world consumption of oil is immoral. Unfortunately the USA is a massive contributer to the consumption. |
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NohopeSeriously
Joined: 17 Jan 2011 Location: The Christian Right-Wing Educational Republic of Korea
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Posted: Sat Dec 01, 2012 4:40 am Post subject: |
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young_clinton wrote: |
We need oil for other things and we have global warming. |
Our Earth also has too much sulfur in the air due to the strong worldwide oil industry. |
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Kuros
Joined: 27 Apr 2004
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Posted: Sat Dec 01, 2012 6:48 am Post subject: |
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young_clinton wrote: |
The world consumption of oil is immoral. |
That's too much. We do need to pay ahead for the externalities. A carbon tax would be wise. |
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Titus
Joined: 19 May 2012
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Kuros
Joined: 27 Apr 2004
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Posted: Sat Dec 01, 2012 1:08 pm Post subject: |
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If you don't tax carbon, in addition to giving a free ride to externalities, alternative energy cannot compete.
I'm willing to remove the corporate tax to accommodate a carbon tax of equivalent size. |
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