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Paul Krugman: An Affordable Salvation

On May 4, 2009 By

Krugman, the Nobel Laureate in economics says we can afford a cap and trade policy on carbon emissions-

An Affordable Salvation by Paul Krugman. New York Times op ed

Congress is debating the climate change bill right now. Cap and trade is a market based method of controlling carbon emissions. That means “free market” […]

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Rethinking the Country Life as Energy Costs Rise

On June 25, 2008 By

Rethinking the Country Life as Energy Costs Rise. New York Times.

Higher energy costs may greatly reduce the housing sprawl into our wild country, which costs the taxpayers to much to provide services, increases the cost of forest fires, and uses a lot of energy (the emerging check on the sprawl).

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‎"At some point we must draw a line across the ground of our home and our being, drive a spear into the land and say to the bulldozers, earthmovers, government and corporations, “thus far and no further.” If we do not, we shall later feel, instead of pride, the regret of Thoreau, that good but overly-bookish man, who wrote, near the end of his life, “If I repent of anything it is likely to be my good behaviour."

~ Edward Abbey