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Politics : The Exxon Free Environmental Thread
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To: Ron who wrote (1512)11/12/2007 10:36:49 AM
From: Sam  Read Replies (1) of 49004
 
"If the Chinese government was held responsible for its emissions, it would raise the cost of producing goods there," says Joseph Aldy, an economist at Resources for the Future, an environmental think tank based in Washington. "Typically, when one imposes a tax, the cost gets passed back to the consumer."

That is the key to the cutting through the issue. We need to pay the true costs of our energy, stop thinking that the cost ends with the production and distribution of the energy. The cost needs to include the pollution costs with all of its ancillary consequences, as well as the GHG costs. If those costs were indeed included, then alternative cleaner energy sources like wind and solar would get competitive in a hurry.

Of course, how to quantify those costs--there's the rub. If anyone has any ideas about that, or has links to sites which grapple with that issue, I'd like to hear about it.
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