tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7612793.post3900039035450879942..comments2024-03-27T23:59:49.801+00:00Comments on Stoat: City of New York v Chevron Corp, againWilliam M. Connolleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05836299130680534926noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7612793.post-42813133572840970142021-04-05T13:27:17.691+00:002021-04-05T13:27:17.691+00:00Ah yes, the whole governance issue all over again....Ah yes, the whole governance issue all over again. A global commons.<br /><br />Unrestricted CO2 release will trash the climate, but there is no currently working idea as to how to limit the CO2. Maybe the threat of lawsuits might change behavior? Seems at least possible.<br /><br />It is easier to criticize than to do. And it is even easier to criticize when the intent is to block any and all actions to reduce fossil fuel usage. No you, Stoat, but the people you get your political ideas from.<br /><br />There are some working ideas to reduce, not limit but reduce CO2 release. About the only successful actions to date are subsidies for LED bulbs (wildly successful, global impact, 1.5% reduction in global CO2 600 million tonnes per year for a cost of $10 million dollars, the "L" prize), subsidies for electric cars (might be successful in a few decades, potentially global impact), subsidies for PV and wind to increase volume and lower prices (potentially global impact), emissions trading in EU and California (small local success) and carbon taxes in Canada (small local success).<br /><br />Of course the solution is a local carbon tax, and I got a bridge to sell.<br />Philhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07567197089095711546noreply@blogger.com