[So we should deliberately try to make fossil energy more expensive?] Fossil fuels to cost Illinois over a trillion by 2030

The report also calculates that between 2010 and 2030, Illinois will spend as much as $1.074 trillion on oil, coal and other fossil fuels. This is equal to three times the total earnings of all Illinois workers in 2007.

Alarmist Bill McKibben: 350 or bust - Guardian Weekly

When we talk to the White House, we keep hearing: “Make us do it. Build the kind of movement that will make us do it.” For Obama to deliver a treaty he has to get 67 senators on his side, which is an extraordinarily high bar, given the realities of American politics.
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As all of that suggests, I’ve been doing a very bad job of work-life balance this year. I’ve been home for just three or four days. I love the place where I live, in the mountains of the northeastern US, and I love my family, but my 16-year-old daughter – she’s at some level the reason why I am here. I’m pleased that she’ll be campaigning in India with me next month.