First Name | Sherman |
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Last Name | Lewis |
Email Address | sherman@csuhayward.us |
Affiliation | too many environmental groups |
Subject | Climate Scoping Plan |
Comment | How do you put a price tag on environmental costs, and who pays it? A free emission allowance is not a price; it's a give away. An auction sets a price at no higher than what a buyer is willing to pay. Ordinarily I'd like to see the income spent of GHG reduction programs and social equity, but in these times it makes sense to apply it to the state budget deficit, or to the Resources Agency and Cal EPA with a similar result. Offsets are another problem; too many encourage continuing pollution of disadvantaged neighborhoods. The challenge is to limit and reduce offsets so as to stimulate optimal elasticities of response from clean energy industries and their jobs and benefit to the economy and environment. Done right, these benefits outweigh costs to old industries. Local governments can meet higher targets than those you are setting. They (and the state) are still building subsidized new roads and subsidized parking structures. Businesses should be required to recycle their materials where obviously possible, and incentives should encourage more recycling where it is not. The economy, properly including the environment, will grow with climate protection. |
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Date and Time Comment Was Submitted | 2008-11-15 18:16:12 |
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