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To: teevee who wrote (38756)	3/4/2013 11:55:34 PM
From: Land Shark	1 Recommendation Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 86356

Considering how low C02 levels still are, wouldn't a carbon tax credit make more sense? What an ignorant statement. This shows how clueless you are.

To: teevee who wrote (38756)	3/5/2013 12:54:52 AM
From: Maurice Winn	1 Recommendation Respond to of 86356

My preference is a tax cut on anything made of Cyberspace. There is time to worry about CO2 in 30 years or maybe 100 years if it does turn out to be problematic. All I meant 30 years ago was that if CO2 did turn out to be a problem, there was a solution ready at hand = a carbon tax. The price of alternatives to burning coal, oil and bitumens is not very high, so it would not be difficult to displace those fuels by way of a carbon tax. Cars, trucks, heating and other easy applications could be displaced. Aircraft might need to stay on those fuels longer. But from watching for 30 years, it seems as though CO2 emissions are a good thing rather than a bad thing, because CO2 is plant food, reduces irrigation requirement and possibly helps avoid reglaciation and the fears about warming and sea level rise seem grossly overwrought to the extent that they are fraudulently used to loot the public purse. Even if extra CO2 turns out to be a bad thing, the problem seems likely to be solved by a reduction in human numbers after Peak People in 2037 and continuing improvements in technology which will help people save money by avoiding the need to burn fuel. Little cars for example are doing a great job of that already. Mqurice