Jan 22 2010

The Facts about Cap and Trade

I’ve often seen cap and trade legislation bashed for various reasons, and from both sides. Granted, it’s not a panacea for our planet’s environmental problems, but it seems to be a workable solultion that most people can agree on, and is therefore our best shot at tackling the problem of global warming. Take a look at this video and see what you think:

The Facts of Cap-and-Trade from Clean Energy Works on Vimeo.

I figured the point about cap and trade working would be a sticking point for many here, so I’ll go ahead and link straight to the MIT paper upon which that point was based:

http://web.mit.edu/ceepr/www/publications/DDCF.pdf

Full bibliography here:

http://ga3.org/campaign/cew_facts/forward

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