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Big Picture Carbon Commodities Climate Change

The Carbon Bank of England

Debating about Carbon policy outside the Bank of England this rainy London afternoon, was, I thought, rather appropriate.

My opponent was weaving the great Al Gore, James Hansen, ExxonMobil line, “so…why don’t we just have a flat Carbon Tax ?”

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Burning Money Climate Change Cost Effective Vote Loser

Making the Polluter Pay

A question repeatedly occurs to me. “Why are the cigarette manufacturers still in business ?”, I ask myself, when I look at how much effort, money and time goes into helping smokers become non-smokers.