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...user fee would have benefits beyond forcing a cutback in CO2 emissions. The fuels that generate carbon dioxide also generate other pollutants, like soot, along with nitrogen oxides and sulfur dioxide, the primary causes of acid rain. The CO2 tax would be a powerful incentive for consumers to switch from high-CO2 fuels, such as coal and oil, to power sources that produce less CO2, notably natural gas. When burned, methane generates only half as much CO2 as coal, for example, in producing the same amount of energy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Planet Of The Year: Global Warming Feeling the Heat | 1/2/1989 | See Source »

...more abundant than anyone thought a decade ago, natural gas is the cleanest hydrocarbon fuel available. But in many cases, utilities that wish to switch from coal-fired power generation to gas-fired must go through a lengthy process to obtain a federal permit. Such regulations, which inhibit the increased use of natural gas, should be eased...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Planet Of The Year: What The U.S. Should Do | 1/2/1989 | See Source »

Skeptics note that the Soviets could merely eliminate their aging T-54 and T-55 tanks, retaining their more modern T-80s, T-72s and T-64s, and that the old armor would not be missed. This argument is a switch. U.S. Army analysts have long insisted on counting older tanks in any attempt to achieve East-West parity...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Crunching Gorbachev's Numbers | 12/19/1988 | See Source »

Four more years of acting should not be a switch...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A Holiday Hit List | 12/16/1988 | See Source »

...Robert Maxwell is a whirling dervish whose hyperkinetic activity seems designed to distract and confuse. In seconds, he can switch from a jaunty Brit to a ruthless schoolyard bully and back again. He is said to be worth $1.4 billion. Yet despite the colossal Mont Blanc gold pen he wields | like a fat cigar, the enormously expensive Lord & Stewart suit, the butter- soft cashmere overcoat, the private jet, the helicopter, the yacht with a crew of 14, the personal chef, the Rolls-Royces, the thing Maxwell really values most is time. Whether dealing with family, managers or minions, Maxwell...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Larger Than Life: ROBERT MAXWELL | 11/28/1988 | See Source »

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