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Recent Comments by David Kreutzer

• "The point is not that taxing carbon won't reduce emissions.  The point is that no matter how much we in the US (and/or the rest of the developed world"
  Tax Pollution, Not Profits
• "The more recent ECS estimates are coming in at lower levels than the AR4. The West Antarctic Ice Sheet collapse has been in works for quite a while"
  Tax Pollution, Not Profits
• "Below is a list of recent research estimating the equilibrium climate sensitivity (ECS). The ECS address the critical question of how much warming wil"
  Tax Pollution, Not Profits
• "What we never get is what carbon tax would be necessary or how much temperature moderation you get from the one being proposed. The tax under discu"
  Tax Pollution, Not Profits
• "Dan: There is very little that should be avoided at all costs. Kevin Anderson's assertions and invocation of "widespread" views are not sufficient rea"
  Tax Pollution, Not Profits
• "You still didn't offer an alternative impact on world temperatures.  Zeroing out CO2 emissions in all the developed countries still gets you less than"
  Tax Pollution, Not Profits
• "This carbon tax is clearly not a climate policy, else it's proponents could and would make a case for its impact on global warming.  Would the congres"
  Tax Pollution, Not Profits
• "It's not for policymakers or legislators to decide how much energy people need--either in total or for particular uses. It is too complex a problem f"
  How Much (And What Kind) of Energy Is Enough?


• "The costs of the policies are back loaded. Virtually every analysis of them shows higher costs in the last years than in the first years."
  Clean Energy Standard Act of 2012 Introduced
• "When are we going to be honest about the impact of “clean energy” standards, renewable energy standards, cap and trade, and all the other policies to "
  Clean Energy Standard Act of 2012 Introduced