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Recent Posts by Mike Shatzkin

• No, nuclear power is not actually 'dangerous’
• Carbon Tax: Barriers and Solutions

Recent Comments by Mike Shatzkin

• "Yes, I totally agree. The life-cycle waste for wind and solar is almost certainly more destructive and difficult to manage than the waste from nuclear"
  Climate Perspectives and The Future of Energy
• "Indeed, these are the unmentioned elephants in the room for ALL the aspirational renewables conversations. Calculating the "cost" of wind and solar wi"
  Climate Perspectives and The Future of Energy
• "In general, they are not taken nearly seriously enough. I thought it was particularly ironic that Shellenberger was making the argument that things ha"
  Climate Perspectives and The Future of Energy
• "I want to add my voice to those thanking Congressman Deutch for HR 763 and urging its passage. I think it is essential that we have a carbon-pricing m"
  Time for a Price on Carbon
• "I want to echo the support for carbon-fee-and-dividend for a reason not mentioned. The proposed rates of carbon taxing come nowhere NEAR covering the "
  A Framework for The Green Real Deal
• "I agree completely that carbon-fee-and-dividend, taxing fossil fuels for the CO2 they will emit when burned and then returning ALL the money in equal "
  Principles for National Climate Action
• "Any ostensible "solution" to climate change that a) doesn't acknowledge the power and necessity of carbon-fee-and-dividend, or even entertain the idea"
  The Green New Deal and Economic Security
• "The question of what is "economically sound" arises when owners of nuclear power plants shut them because they can't make money running them. Every ti"
  A Realistic Strategy For Climate Change
• "I agree with this, but I would add that the ONLY way we will get a sustained and increasing and powerful price signal is if the revenues from taxing c"
  A Realistic Strategy For Climate Change
• "Almost completely agree with Dan. Except once this concept is implemented, the fee will actually go up faster because the majority will make money on "
  After Two Defeats in Washington State, Where Next For A Carbon Tax?