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Carbonomics ♦
1 Introduction
2 Wreck Economy?
3 Peak Oil?
4 Global Warming?
5 Free, Cheaper?
6 No Free Lunch?
7 Energy Plan
8 Learn from OPEC
9 World Oil Market
10 Corn vs Climate
11 Synfuels Again?
12 China + Coal
13 Charge OPEC
14 Tax = Market?
15 Cap Politics
16 A Carbon Untax
17 Untax Works
18 Untax is Fair
19 An Oil Untax
20 Fuel Economy
21 Wrap Up
22 Kyoto Broken
23 Global C Price
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Carbonomics:
How to Fix the Climate and Charge it to OPEC
 
  By Steven Stoft, with assistance from Dan Kirshner, © 2008
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  Chapter 1. Introduction            (uploaded Jan. 25, 2008)
   
The Stone Age came to an end not for a lack of stones and the oil age will end, but not for a lack of oil.   —Yamani

ONCE, MANY YEARS AGO, in a distant land, Yamani the Enigmatic launched the great energy experiment. Without warning, he sent a proclamation to every corner of the earth declaring the need to conserve. At first, little energy was conserved. Gradually the pace quickened—but then slackened.
     After six years, and only modest progress, he issued a second and stronger proclamation. The world’s reaction was dramatic. For the next six years, while the earth's population grew more numerous and richer, ... more   PDF
 
 
  Part 1: Carbonomic Myths
    1. Introduction
    2. Wreck the Economy?
    3. Peak Oil?
    4. Is the Globe Warming?
    5. Cheaper than free?
    6. No Free Lunch?
    7. The Core Energy Plan
Part 2: Energy-Market Realities
    8. Learning from OPEC
    9. The World Oil Market
   10. Corn Whiskey vs. the Climate
   11. Synfuels Again?
   12. China, Coal, and Carbon Capture
   13. Charge It to OPEC
   14. A Market-Based Carbon Tax?
   15. Cap and Trade Politics
Part 3.  National Policy
   16. Policy #1: An Untax on Carbon
   17. Why Untaxing Works
   18. Why the Untax is Fair
   19. Policy #2: Consumers Taxing Oil
   20. Policy #3: A Race for Fuel Economy
   21. National Policy Wrap-up
Part 4.  Global Policy
   22. Why Kyoto Won’t Work
   23. Strong but Flexibe
   24. Hitting Emission Targets
   25. Enforcement
   26. Fairness
   27. Counting Carbon Charges
   28. Consumers’s Cartel
   29. Policy Wrap-up


 
 
 
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