Friday, August 27, 2010

California moves to set up auction market for green energy | Grist
By letting the market essentially determine electricity prices rather than the government setting a premium rate to be paid for renewable energy, California hopes to avoid the boom-and-bust cycles that have whipsawed the European solar industry when subsidies have been cut.
Koch Industries, Inc - Perspectives
We are often told our planet will be devastated unless we immediately make drastic reductions in man-made greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.

The list of possible climate catastrophes caused by GHGs seems endless.
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Interestingly enough, all of these claims have been disproven or grudgingly retracted.

So why would a reasonable society rush to implement far-reaching (and costly) climate change policies based on such shaky understanding of the science?

Furthermore, are the actual outcomes of these policies even going to be beneficial?
SA to pay billions in green taxes: Fin24: Business
Johannesburg - National Treasury’s coffers will receive billions this year and next year, thanks to three so-called green taxes being levied on companies and taxpayers.

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