Comments on: California Blazes a Trail With the First U.S. Carbon Trading Program http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2010/12/17/california-blazes-a-trail-with-the-first-u-s-carbon-trading-program/ 80beats is DISCOVER's news aggregator, weaving together the choicest tidbits from the best articles covering the day's most compelling topics. Tue, 22 May 2012 17:56:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Wil http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2010/12/17/california-blazes-a-trail-with-the-first-u-s-carbon-trading-program/comment-page-1/#comment-533550 Wil Fri, 24 Dec 2010 08:37:17 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=23905#comment-533550 So, if California severely damages its own economy by unilaterally enacting Cap and Trade, and nobody else in the world does the same, then what positive thing is gained by the self-induced economic destruction? Global Warming will continue unchecked, only now California will be a bankrupt, disfunctional backwater. The economic destruction of doing this will be immediate and certain. But any damage from Global Warming would be very slow and gradual, if it happens at all. Suicide is easy. Self destruction is easy. Rebuilding a foolishly and needlessly self-destructed society is expensive, slow, and difficult. Sometimes is seems that some Americans have utterly lost their minds. So, if California severely damages its own economy by unilaterally enacting Cap and Trade, and nobody else in the world does the same, then what positive thing is gained by the self-induced economic destruction? Global Warming will continue unchecked, only now California will be a bankrupt, disfunctional backwater.

The economic destruction of doing this will be immediate and certain. But any damage from Global Warming would be very slow and gradual, if it happens at all.

Suicide is easy. Self destruction is easy. Rebuilding a foolishly and needlessly self-destructed society is expensive, slow, and difficult.

Sometimes is seems that some Americans have utterly lost their minds.

]]> By: nick http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2010/12/17/california-blazes-a-trail-with-the-first-u-s-carbon-trading-program/comment-page-1/#comment-511666 nick Sat, 18 Dec 2010 04:16:43 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=23905#comment-511666 They should sell the carbon credits from the state parks and forests, city parks, etc so those parks can make money to stay in the business of preserving nature for us, and maybe get enough money to expand. They should sell the carbon credits from the state parks and forests, city parks, etc so those parks can make money to stay in the business of preserving nature for us, and maybe get enough money to expand.

]]> By: Matt B. http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2010/12/17/california-blazes-a-trail-with-the-first-u-s-carbon-trading-program/comment-page-1/#comment-510674 Matt B. Fri, 17 Dec 2010 20:42:29 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=23905#comment-510674 Will there be a conflict if a national cap-and-trade program is ever insituted? Will there be a conflict if a national cap-and-trade program is ever insituted?

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