Tactics and Motivation of Global Warming Denial

[wacki]

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Policy advocates should focus on mediation research/spending as opposed to gas taxes and other measures aimed at discouraging consumption.

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Wow, I never thought I would see the day where you would repeat something I've said. Having a change of anarchocapitalist heart?

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My recollection is that you advocate raising gas taxes and earmarking the money for spending on alternative energy research, the exact opposite of what I stated would be the most effective public policy on carbon emissions.

I'll repeat my main point: If you want to deal with the issue of too much carbon in the atmosphere, a public policy of remediation will be more effective than a public policy of reducing consumption.

Let me also clarify that I'm not actually advocating any public policies. I'm just saying that if you are a person who wants a government response to the amount of carbon being put into the atmosphere, you should go with remediation approaches. As long as carbon is cheap and plentiful, you're going to have a lot of carbon production no matter what you do. And once it becomes expensive and in short supply, the problem (of production) just solved itself.

natedogg

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ok natedogg, if what you said is the exact opposite then what exactly did you mean by "mediation research"? I'm trying to figure out what kind of "research" that could be.