This is a fascinating comment in the Economist. It seems obviously wrong, and (they claim) an opinion held by an entire profession. A carbon tax seems like a very good way of partially solving the problem...pic.twitter.com/41WyHKuIjZ
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This is a fascinating comment in the Economist. It seems obviously wrong, and (they claim) an opinion held by an entire profession. A carbon tax seems like a very good way of partially solving the problem...pic.twitter.com/41WyHKuIjZ
more important question is why are we talking to economists rather than nuclear scientists and geoengineers?
Curious on two questions: (1) Why do you think nuclear has stagnated so much since the early 80s (when capacity pretty much maxed out)? What can be done to shift that? [I'd love a good answer! I've spent a lot of time searching for one.]pic.twitter.com/pomMuNCnvl
(2) How to do governance for geoengineering? It seems super-hard, e.g., issues around the south asian monsoon, ocean acidification, etc. Not asking for a comprehensive answer - I don't think one is known! But if you have heard of good ideas, I'd love to know!
most geoengineering project face the same hurdle from environmentalists as nuclear - we're not allowed to alter the natural world in any significant way. i even saw journos going after benioff for planting too many trees this week. so no idea really. just ignore them?
There are extremely difficult governance & environmental issues, around ocean acidification, disruption of the south asia monsoon, Arctic sea ports etc. I think it'd be foolish to ignore those, to put it mildly.
are we still talking about planting tons of trees or something else now?
No, I just meant solar geoengineering. If you mean negative emissions tech, yeah, I'm much more bullish. Wrote some notes about one flavour: http://cognitivemedium.com/dac-notes
right, all the fun sci-fi stuff will be politically impossible until we normalize the concept of changing our planet, which large-scale carbon sequestration will do. and if we're facing an apocalypse like folks in politics / media are saying (???) i think we should probably start
I see a carbon tax as a way of letting banking solve the barriers to nuclear. If you know you'll have a sustained price advantage forever, you can get billion dollar projects built.
more of a subsidy for solar / wind (in addition to outright solar / wind subsidies)
Peak time and night time both require non-intermittent power. Both will be encouraged. We probably agree that all subsidies should be dropped, including for oil & gas production. That is the appeal of the tax. Similar arguments for gas tax over CAFE standards.
the real problem with a carbon tax is, there aren’t any global taxes, nor is there a very plausible strategy for enacting one.
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