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Politicians generally like new taxes. Whether taxes eve --Apple-Mail-6--149300216 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi all, It's an excellent interview with Dr. Robert Page, TransAlta professor of Environmental Management and Sustainability at the University of Calgary's Institute for Sustainable Energy, Environment and Economy and Dr. Mark Jaccard, Professor at the School of Resource and Environmental Management at Simon Fraser University. Both were members of the National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy which advised the Canadian government on the policies that could lead to significant reductions in Canada's greenhouse gas emissions. Their discussion of the issue helped to clarify it in my mind. The salient point that they made at the end, is that despite the difference between the carbon tax and cap and trade approaches, what is important is for us as a society to get started on any program that will bring about significant reductions in carbon emissions. Quibbling about the details of how we do this is less important than action. They both thought that in the future carbon emissions programs might well incorporate elements of both approaches. Cheers! Chris On 2-Oct-08, at 12:28 PM, Peter Payzant wrote: > Hi, all- > > The CBC Radio science program Quirks and Quarks had a couple of > illuminating articles on carbon on their most recent program. The > program is on line, and you can listen to the whole thing, or just > the carbon-related segments, here . > > Peter Payzant > > --Apple-Mail-6--149300216 Content-Type: text/html; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div>Hi = all,</div><div><br></div>It's an excellent interview with Dr. = Robert Page, TransAlta professor of Environmental Management and = Sustainability at the University of Calgary's Institute for Sustainable = Energy, Environment and Economy and Dr. Mark Jaccard, Professor at = the School of Resource and Environmental Management at Simon Fraser = University. Both were members of the National Round Table on the = Environment and the Economy which advised the Canadian government on the = policies that could lead to significant reductions in Canada's = greenhouse gas emissions. Their discussion of the issue helped to = clarify it in my mind.<div><br></div><div>The salient point that they = made at the end, is that despite the difference between the carbon tax = and cap and trade approaches, what is important is for us as a society = to get started on any program that will bring about significant = reductions in carbon emissions. Quibbling about the details of how we do = this is less important than action. They both thought that in the future = carbon emissions programs might well incorporate elements of = both = approaches.</div><div><br></div><div>Cheers!</div><div><br></div><div>Chri= s<br><div><br><div><div>On 2-Oct-08, at 12:28 PM, Peter Payzant = wrote:</div><br class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote = type=3D"cite"> <div bgcolor=3D"#ffffff" text=3D"#000000"> <font = size=3D"-1"><font face=3D"Arial">Hi, all-<br> <br> The CBC Radio science = program Quirks and Quarks had a couple of illuminating articles on = carbon on their most recent program. The program is on line, and you can = listen to the whole thing, or just the carbon-related segments, <a = href=3D"http://www.cbc.ca/quirks/archives/08-09/qq-2008-09-27.html">here</= a> .<br> <br> Peter Payzant<br> <br> </font></font><br> </div> = </blockquote></div><br></div></div></body></html>= --Apple-Mail-6--149300216--
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