http://www.markpneyer.com/wp/2009/12/10/climate-change/ Finding Interesting, Useful, and Beautiful Mathematical Patterns in the Universe Fri, 13 Aug 2010 02:58:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.markpneyer.com/wp/2009/12/10/climate-change/comment-page-1/#comment-423 Mike Hinton Thu, 31 Dec 2009 05:43:22 +0000 http://www.markpneyer.com/wp/?p=564#comment-423 You could also ask... If it will take several centuries for the consequences to become terrible, isn't it likely that the technological advances could offset the negative effects of the climate change? My position is that I don't know what's happening, but even if climate change fear is largely founded, pushing forward and becoming as rich and advanced as possible before problems arise is much more likely to save us than destroying much of the wealth we stand to create. Still, I sometimes think about if I was running for president, what would I say on the subject. If we reasonably and verifiably decide that some sort of damage is done to the world that the market does not price in, we can create a tax that slowly ramps up to make the carbon price the "true" price. This money could then be used to lower the flat or duel rate and grow the standard refund of my preferred negative income tax. That's the best compromise I can come up with. You could also ask… If it will take several centuries for the consequences to become terrible, isn't it likely that the technological advances could offset the negative effects of the climate change? My position is that I don't know what's happening, but even if climate change fear is largely founded, pushing forward and becoming as rich and advanced as possible before problems arise is much more likely to save us than destroying much of the wealth we stand to create. Still, I sometimes think about if I was running for president, what would I say on the subject. If we reasonably and verifiably decide that some sort of damage is done to the world that the market does not price in, we can create a tax that slowly ramps up to make the carbon price the “true” price. This money could then be used to lower the flat or duel rate and grow the standard refund of my preferred negative income tax. That's the best compromise I can come up with.

]]> http://www.markpneyer.com/wp/2009/12/10/climate-change/comment-page-1/#comment-399 Mike Hinton Wed, 30 Dec 2009 21:43:22 +0000 http://www.markpneyer.com/wp/?p=564#comment-399 You could also ask... If it will take several centuries for the consequences to become terrible, isn't it likely that the technological advances could offset the negative effects of the climate change? My position is that I don't know what's happening, but even if climate change fear is largely founded, pushing forward and becoming as rich and advanced as possible before problems arise is much more likely to save us than destroying much of the wealth we stand to create. Still, I sometimes think about if I was running for president, what would I say on the subject. If we reasonably and verifiably decide that some sort of damage is done to the world that the market does not price in, we can create a tax that slowly ramps up to make the carbon price the "true" price. This money could then be used to lower the flat or duel rate and grow the standard refund of my preferred negative income tax. That's the best compromise I can come up with. You could also ask… If it will take several centuries for the consequences to become terrible, isn't it likely that the technological advances could offset the negative effects of the climate change? My position is that I don't know what's happening, but even if climate change fear is largely founded, pushing forward and becoming as rich and advanced as possible before problems arise is much more likely to save us than destroying much of the wealth we stand to create. Still, I sometimes think about if I was running for president, what would I say on the subject. If we reasonably and verifiably decide that some sort of damage is done to the world that the market does not price in, we can create a tax that slowly ramps up to make the carbon price the “true” price. This money could then be used to lower the flat or duel rate and grow the standard refund of my preferred negative income tax. That's the best compromise I can come up with.

]]> http://www.markpneyer.com/wp/2009/12/10/climate-change/comment-page-1/#comment-397 Leeward Bound Thu, 10 Dec 2009 16:42:35 +0000 http://www.markpneyer.com/wp/?p=564#comment-397 cool, can't wait to see the responses cool, can't wait to see the responses

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