Some blog followers might be interested in a recent post “Senator Sheldon Whitehouse - Time to Wake Up: GOP Opposition to Climate Science” [Hake (2013)]. The abstract reads:
**************************************
ABSTRACT: Orlo Stitt (2013) of the Physoc list has called attention to Senator Sheldon Whitehouse’s speech “Time to Wake Up: GOP Opposition to Climate Science” at http://1.usa.gov/13mbZsV. Therein Whitehouse says:
(1) “How wise is it for the Republican Party to wed itself to the deniers and proclaim that climate change is a hoax?”
(2) “I’m willing to do a carbon pollution fee that sets the market in balance, and returns every single dollar to the American people. No new agencies. No new taxes. No bigger government. Every dollar back. Just a balanced market, with the costs included in the price, which will make better energy choices, increase jobs, and prevent pollution."
In my opinion, regarding:
“1”: Whitehouse is correct in asserting that the Republican Party has “wed itself to the [climate change] deniers.” At http://bit.ly/11p423a are the quotes of 23 Senators (all Republicans, 50% of the 46 Republicans in the Senate) and 81 Congressmen (all Republicans, 35% of the 234 Republicans in the House) who deny the deleterious effects of anthropomorphic climate change. Their uninformed statements indicate their appalling science illiteracy and that of the voters who elected them.
Unfortunately, Democrats in Congress are almost as unenlightened as Republicans - see “Few Democrats In Congress Support Capps Climate Legislation” (IT, 2013) at http://bit.ly/13NDgn3 - hence Hansen's (2013) proposal at http://huff.to/13gcjcR for a new “American Party.”
“2”: Whitehouse is in the economically sagacious company of: (a) conservatives George Schultz and Gary Becker (2013) in “Why We Support a Revenue-Neutral Carbon Tax” at http://bit.ly/11ZoaOr; and (b) James Hansen (2013) in “The Courage to Fight Climate Change” [Hansen & Romm (2013)] at http://bit.ly/12djtSf.
**************************************
To access the complete 46 kB post please click on http://yhoo.it/100EVIY.
Richard Hake, Emeritus Professor of Physics, Indiana University
Links to Articles: http://bit.ly/a6M5y0
Links to Socratic Dialogue Inducing (SDI) Labs: http://bit.ly/9nGd3M
Academia: http://bit.ly/a8ixxm
Blog: http://bit.ly/9yGsXh
GooglePlus: http://bit.ly/KwZ6mE
Google Scholar: http://bit.ly/Wz2FP3
Twitter: http://bit.ly/juvd52
Facebook: http://on.fb.me/XI7EKm
“Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber.”
-Worthy of - but misattributed http://bit.ly/13hZKMD to - Plato (427-347 BC)
REFERENCES [URL’s shortened by http://bit.ly/ and accessed on 09 June 2013.]
Hake, R.R. 2013. “Senator Sheldon Whitehouse - Time to Wake Up: GOP Opposition to Climate Science” online on the OPEN! Net-Gold archives at http://yhoo.it/100EVIY. Post of 8 Jun 2013 19:40:10-0700 to AERA-L and Net-Gold. The abstract and link to the complete post are being distributed to various discussion lists.
Showing posts with label Barbara Boxer. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Barbara Boxer. Show all posts
Sunday, June 9, 2013
Monday, June 3, 2013
Would a Carbon Tax Save Life on Planet Earth?
Some blog followers might be interested in a recent post “Would a Carbon Tax Save Life on Planet Earth?” [Hake (2013)]. The abstract reads:
**************************************
ABSTRACT: James Hansen, former head of the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, in "The Courage to Fight Climate Change" at http://bit.ly/12djtSf wrote: “We must have a simple, honest, across-the-board carbon fee collected from the fossil fuel companies at the small number of domestic mines and ports of entry. All of that money should be distributed to the public-100 percent of it - with equal amounts going to all legal residents.”
A Google http://www.google.com/ search for “Carbon Tax” turned up 4,210,000 hits at http://bit.ly/153PQQV on 03 June 10:30-0700, including the Wikipedi entries on “Carbon Tax” at http://bit.ly/118dUBp and on “Emissions Control” at http://bit.ly/15tshjV. In my opinion: (a) The more important hits are listed in the over twenty references in the REFERENCE list in the complete post at http://yhoo.it/16ECfUn, and (b) the most important hits are these six:
(1) “The Courage to Fight Climate Change” [Hansen & Romm (2013)] at http://bit.ly/12djtSf,
(2) “The People vs. Cap-and-Trade” [Hansen (2010b)] at http://bit.ly/17OhN3w,
(3) “The American Party” [Hansen (2013)] at http://huff.to/13gcjcR,
(4) “Herman Daly on Carbon Fees and Tax Shifting” [Gravitas (2011)] at http://bit.ly/1aTHNH3,
(5) “Sanders, Boxer Propose Climate Change Bills” [Sanders (2013a)] at http://1.usa.gov/12oSeUT,
(6) “Effects of a Carbon Tax on the Economy and the Environment” [CBO (2013)] at http://1.usa.gov/13y4MF6.
**************************************
To access the complete 32 kB post please click on http://yhoo.it/16ECfUn.
Richard Hake, Emeritus Professor of Physics, Indiana University
Links to Articles: http://bit.ly/a6M5y0
Links to Socratic Dialogue Inducing (SDI) Labs: http://bit.ly/9nGd3M
Academia: http://bit.ly/a8ixxm
Blog: http://bit.ly/9yGsXh
GooglePlus: http://bit.ly/KwZ6mE
Google Scholar: http://bit.ly/Wz2FP3
Twitter: http://bit.ly/juvd52
Facebook: http://on.fb.me/XI7EKm
REFERENCES [URL's shortened by http://bit.ly/ and accessed on 03 June 2013.]
Hake, R.R. 2013. "Would a Carbon Tax Save Life on Planet Earth?" online on the OPEN! Net-Gold archives at http://yhoo.it/16ECfUn. Post of 03 Jun 2013 12:34:27-0700 to AERA-L and Net-Gold. The abstract and link to the complete post are being distributed to various discussion lists.
**************************************
ABSTRACT: James Hansen, former head of the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, in "The Courage to Fight Climate Change" at http://bit.ly/12djtSf wrote: “We must have a simple, honest, across-the-board carbon fee collected from the fossil fuel companies at the small number of domestic mines and ports of entry. All of that money should be distributed to the public-100 percent of it - with equal amounts going to all legal residents.”
A Google http://www.google.com/ search for “Carbon Tax” turned up 4,210,000 hits at http://bit.ly/153PQQV on 03 June 10:30-0700, including the Wikipedi entries on “Carbon Tax” at http://bit.ly/118dUBp and on “Emissions Control” at http://bit.ly/15tshjV. In my opinion: (a) The more important hits are listed in the over twenty references in the REFERENCE list in the complete post at http://yhoo.it/16ECfUn, and (b) the most important hits are these six:
(1) “The Courage to Fight Climate Change” [Hansen & Romm (2013)] at http://bit.ly/12djtSf,
(2) “The People vs. Cap-and-Trade” [Hansen (2010b)] at http://bit.ly/17OhN3w,
(3) “The American Party” [Hansen (2013)] at http://huff.to/13gcjcR,
(4) “Herman Daly on Carbon Fees and Tax Shifting” [Gravitas (2011)] at http://bit.ly/1aTHNH3,
(5) “Sanders, Boxer Propose Climate Change Bills” [Sanders (2013a)] at http://1.usa.gov/12oSeUT,
(6) “Effects of a Carbon Tax on the Economy and the Environment” [CBO (2013)] at http://1.usa.gov/13y4MF6.
**************************************
To access the complete 32 kB post please click on http://yhoo.it/16ECfUn.
Richard Hake, Emeritus Professor of Physics, Indiana University
Links to Articles: http://bit.ly/a6M5y0
Links to Socratic Dialogue Inducing (SDI) Labs: http://bit.ly/9nGd3M
Academia: http://bit.ly/a8ixxm
Blog: http://bit.ly/9yGsXh
GooglePlus: http://bit.ly/KwZ6mE
Google Scholar: http://bit.ly/Wz2FP3
Twitter: http://bit.ly/juvd52
Facebook: http://on.fb.me/XI7EKm
REFERENCES [URL's shortened by http://bit.ly/ and accessed on 03 June 2013.]
Hake, R.R. 2013. "Would a Carbon Tax Save Life on Planet Earth?" online on the OPEN! Net-Gold archives at http://yhoo.it/16ECfUn. Post of 03 Jun 2013 12:34:27-0700 to AERA-L and Net-Gold. The abstract and link to the complete post are being distributed to various discussion lists.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
