The model of directly taxing carbon at every transaction, could take away all the hocus pocus that will be allowed in the Cap and Trade model. It will cut the Gordian knot. A Carbon Tax is simple, verifiable, and with enough awareness raised around the globe it is do-able.....Politically Attainable --if there is enough populist pressure.
Lets face it: green transformation will not come as long as a carbon based economy is perceived to be "the cheaper way to go" by the people on top of the hill. It is not. In so many ways Copenhagen is about the true costs that have been incurred due to the Climate Instability this carbon economy has wrought. Now it is obvious that if one calculates the true ongoing costs, a green economy would be much cheaper and the developing nations should hop to it, enabled by such a fund.
Power versus the Masses are on a collision course here.....great danger....great opportunity.....
Here are some of the links to the great Copenhagen coverage of the issues and demonstrations done by Amy Goodman and her crew of Democracy now.
Author & Journalist Naomi Klein: Fate of Planet Rests on Mass Movement for Climate Justice:
(Note: You can view every article as one long page if you sign up as an Advocate Member, or higher).
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