http://www.triplepundit.com/2007/10/cap-and-trade-carbon-tax-and-the-aspirations-of-government/ Business, Better. Since 2005 Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:18:23 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 http://www.triplepundit.com/2007/10/cap-and-trade-carbon-tax-and-the-aspirations-of-government/comment-page-1/#comment-12026 Tom Wed, 24 Oct 2007 20:45:48 +0000 http://www.triplepundit.com/wordpress/2007/10/cap-and-trade-carbon-tax-and-the-aspirations-of-government/#comment-12026 John, thanks for the info re: "cap and auction" and for the reference to your site. I may do some research on the activities of ILSR and write about it either here are one of the other enviro blogs I write for. -Tom John, thanks for the info re: “cap and auction” and for the reference to your site.
I may do some research on the activities of ILSR and write about it either here are one of the other enviro blogs I write for.
-Tom

]]> http://www.triplepundit.com/2007/10/cap-and-trade-carbon-tax-and-the-aspirations-of-government/comment-page-1/#comment-12025 John Farrell Wed, 24 Oct 2007 11:05:14 +0000 http://www.triplepundit.com/wordpress/2007/10/cap-and-trade-carbon-tax-and-the-aspirations-of-government/#comment-12025 An alternative to cap-and-trade, which often includes giving free credits to emitters, is a cap-and-auction. David Morris and Peter Barnes describe the philosophy here: http://www.ilsr.org/columns/2007/071007.html The advantage of an auction is that it generates revenue that can be given back as a per capita dividend, helping low income folks afford the increased cost of energy. Disclosure: I work at ILSR. An alternative to cap-and-trade, which often includes giving free credits to emitters, is a cap-and-auction. David Morris and Peter Barnes describe the philosophy here:
http://www.ilsr.org/columns/2007/071007.html
The advantage of an auction is that it generates revenue that can be given back as a per capita dividend, helping low income folks afford the increased cost of energy.
Disclosure: I work at ILSR.

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