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...argues that we can reduce greenhouse emissions without hurting our economy, claiming that more energy-efficient technology will pay for itself. However, if that were true, companies and consumers would already be choosing to use clean energy technologies for the lower cost. Putting a government-mandated cap on our carbon emissions is only necessary because reducing emissions has a cost that most people feel outweighs the benefits. Furthermore, that point runs contrary to the rest of her column, in which she claims that advances in energy-saving technology are not enough to stop global warming. The expert she quotes...
...it’s the nature of growth, the composition of consumption, that we want to be concerned about.” In recent years, there has been a general “command and control” approach to regulating the problem. For example, the cap-and-trade system, which consists of an overall cap on emissions and the buying and selling of emission permits, has been very successful, especially in the sulfur allowance market, he said. Kolstad expects to see “major progress” in carbon emissions in the U.S. over the next two years...
None of this will actually be decided at Bali. Despite the fact that we are rapidly running out of time to cap carbon emissions - the head of the IPCC has said the world has until 2015 at the latest - Bali is just the beginning of the beginning, not the end. As Claussen points out, a successful summit would be one that, counterintuitively, leaves much undecided - while attaching a firm deadline to the end of negotiations, with 2010 as the latest possible date. With the Bush Administration nearing lame duck status, a 2010 deadline would give a new U.S. Administration time...
...politics is not what Sundquist wants to talk about. Wearing a red Mather sweatshirt, a backwards baseball cap, and jeans chopped off at the ankles, he leans back in his chair or slouches until a certain topic—perhaps the “sweet speakers” he promises to get for student use, or his job on Dorm Crew—draws his attention. Then he slams his hand down on the table and nearly shouts in laughter...
Italy's Ducati, which leads the pack in the sport and performance category, will cap production on its $72,500 Desmosedici RR at 1,500. Equipped with a 200-h.p. engine and weighing less than 370 lbs. (168kg), the Desmosedici RR is one of the fastest street bikes on the planet. "Celebrities like motorcycles because they can go out for a ride with a helmet on and no one knows who they are," says Coldwells. It certainly would be easier to escape the paparazzi on one. Jay Leno and Tim Allen both have Ducatis, and Tom Cruise and Nicolas...