It oughta be axiomatic: Cap-and-trade proposals have to make energy more expensive. Why are Democrats insisting it shouldn’t?, wonders Roger Pielke Jr. Downplaying the costs could actually boomerang, notes Geoff Styles
in a plea for straight talk: “We can’t suddenly start collecting fees
on behalf of an environmental service–storing our waste carbon in the
atmosphere–that has been free since the dawn of time and expect that
this won’t impose a burden on someone.”
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