Editor,
I applaud the Biden administration for their commitment to reduce carbon emissions from the coal and gas fired power plants. However, the problem with EPA regulations is that as soon as Republicans gain power in Congress, they would undoubtedly reverse this policy as they did just six years ago.
This creates more havoc with a situation that requires a durable, long-lasting solution. A better approach would be to impose a carbon pricing scheme on polluters. We all now recognize that climate change is real and is harmful but for government to play a role, especially in today’s political world, it needs to appeal to the principles of both parties.
Instead of growing government and depending on regulations, let the marketplace respond by making the cost of gas and coal fired power more expensive than renewables. This can be achieved by placing a price on emissions and carbon based products that the industry will pass along to consumers. The revenue collected should be returned to the American people to offset increased costs until safe energy becomes our primary source of power.
Shouldn’t polluters pay for the effects their emissions have on our health and well being? We did this with the tobacco industry. Their products harm our health and so does the pollution that coal and gas power plants produce.
Put pressure on Congress to take this approach by contacting our legislators. Tell them you want a price on carbon, not more regulations. The private sector needs to be held accountable.
Ellyn Dooley
San Carlos
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(4) comments
"We all now recognize that climate change is real.."
No. We. Dont.
Ms. Dooley - do you ever wonder why this carbon tax is not gaining any traction in DC? It makes no economic sense and even your own explanation indicates that it does nothing to reduce our carbon footprint. It is just another way to redistribute wealth and add to out ever-growing bureaucracy. Nice try.
Here we go again with the carbon credit wealth redistribution plan… Please don’t forget you need those nasty carbon-based products to make your renewable products. Renewable products where folks conveniently forget the environmental costs of mining raw materials as well as hazardous waste disposal after batteries and solar panels have ended their useful life. Meanwhile, China, India, and other developing, and even developed countries continue to increase their consumption of carbon-based products. Good luck on getting them on board with a wealth redistribution carbon tax – unless they’re the beneficiaries of this largesse.
The world is warming and there are benefits to having a greener, wetter planet which is preferred by most people to a cooler planet. The UN’s highest temperature scenario used by the media is unrealistic. Global warming policiers are causing a lot of harm to people in poor countries and slowing down world growth to humanities detriment. We'll adopt green energy as technology advances and that trend is well underway. Green energy will prevail because it will be less expensive than fossil fuels.
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