Green Options » Lieberman http://greenoptions.com/tag/lieberman Posts tagged 'Lieberman' Fri, 22 Aug 2008 20:01:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Forget Cap and Trade; Cap and Dividend is the Way Forward http://redgreenandblue.org/2008/08/22/forget-cap-and-trade-cap-and-dividend-is-the-way-forward/ http://redgreenandblue.org/2008/08/22/forget-cap-and-trade-cap-and-dividend-is-the-way-forward/#comments Fri, 22 Aug 2008 20:01:24 +0000 Amiel Blajchman http://redgreenandblue.org/2008/08/22/forget-cap-and-trade-cap-and-dividend-is-the-way-forward/ Barack Obama Speaking to the MassesWell how’s this for getting your ideas out: In the July 10th issue of Rolling Stone, Barrack Obama was questioned on how he plans on achieving an 80% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. According to Obama:

Whenever you transition to a new technology or a new way of thinking about structuring our economy, the old is going to resist the new. The key is to make the new profitable, job-generating and appealing enough that more and more people embrace the new and let go of the old. That’s where government can play a role. If we institute a cap-and-trade system for carbon emissions, that’s going to generate billions of dollars. Now, that’s also going to mean higher electricity prices for consumers, so a huge chunk of that has to go back to consumers in the form of rebates, so they don’t feel the pinch as badly. [author's highlight]

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