Why the Obama Climate Change Plan Won't Work

Political Support for Cap & Trade Will Not Overcome Its Practical Shortcomings

A central point of the Wrong Ball analysis is that emissions trading is designed to keep the price of fossil-fuel energy relatively low and thus will not create sufficient incentive to invest in carbon-free energy and disinvest in coal. The only mechanism, the authors argue, that will rapidly flip the economic incentives driving our energy economy is a system-wide carbon fee. Full Story »

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by Dwight Rousu - Feb. 23, 2009

The analysis and recommendations are brief and to the point.

A carbon fee sounds much simpler and direct.

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