Are you ready to pay 7-9 dollars a gallon for gas to "save the plantet"? That's what this study says we'll need. Oh by the way, just in case you think your hybrids are the answer, this study says they have no effect on GHG emissions.
Direct transportation (fuel) taxes generate the greatest reductions in CO2 emission from transportation, achieving CO2 emissions at 86% of 2005 levels by about 2025. The gasoline prices that achieve these reductions are in the range of $7-9/gal, however, which is considerably higher than the American public has been historically willing to tolerate. Strong income tax credits for the purchase of new diesel, hybrid, and plug-in hybrid vehicles are very expensive and essentially ineffective at reducing GHG emissions from transportation.
Gas pain needed to meet emission targets, Harvard study says|OpenMarket.org
Text of Harvard study
Meanwhile, back in the real world, windmills will be obsolete before they're built. Let's stop wasting our tax money on them. We're finding so much gas that they have to control production to keep prices up. Just imagine what we'll find 10 or 20 years from now.
Anyone that thinks that solar panels and stupid windmills are the answer to a National Energy Policy is an idiot.
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