Tag: carbon footprint

04 Jun 2008

My Thought on Cap-and-Trade Versus Taxes for Carbon and Other Greenhouse Gases

I don’t have much to add to the debate on emissions control policy that seems to have flared up recently. Clearly, both have advantages and disadvantages that the other doesn’t. The major difference seems to be that, under uncertainty on the optimal level of emissions, that cap-and-trade produces potentially excessive costs if the cap is [...]

12 Apr 2008

FT Too?: Why oh Why Can’t We Have a Better Press Corps

Anyone who has kept their eyes open on the biofuel issue knows that the biofuels as they are currently being produced are an enormous waste of energy and money. This FT article hardly mentions that. Not only that, but I have to assume that “agricultural scientists” are getting some kind of funding from agricultural agencies, [...]