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What the Gas Tax Holiday Should Teach Us
The gas tax "holiday" proposal is anathema to anyone who is pushing for disincentives on dirty energy. But instead of just railing against political pandering, we should take this as an opportunity to rethink our politics. The big question is: how do we finance the transition to a clean energy economy?
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Coal Chief Calls For Electricity Tax To Fund Clean Energy
Should You Pay Extra to Solve Global Warming? Coal chief Jim Rogers recently called for an electricity tax that would generate $11 billion a year, but would raise consumers' annual energy prices by $36 or more -- will the public go for it?
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Breakthroughs Depend on Learning By Doing
Making clean energy cheaper than coal must be the explicit policy objective of a successful US climate policy. That will require not just research but also the deployment of technologies in the real world. Breakthroughs will be achieved less in the laboratory and more by learning while doing.
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Russia Rejects Future Emissions Limits -- Who's Next?
The U.S. has price anxiety, as evidenced by the recent gas tax "holiday" proposals; China and Russia refuse to put a cap on their emissions; Europe is experiencing a surge in coal power. The common thread? Governments won't agree to reduce their emissions unless it makes economic sense to do so.
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