That’s the title of a terrific new 10-minute video we’re highlighting at the top of Terra Rossa’s home page that makes the case for a market-based cap and trade with benefits that matter to conservatives.
Reduce our dependence on foreign oil from nations in the Middle East that are hotbeds for terrorist activity? Check. Ret. Gen. Chuck Wald (USAF), former deputy commander of U.S. European Command, discusses why he thinks our energy security is among the top three threats we face today and how cap and trade can address it.
Provide entrepreneurs and farmers with new opportunities to make money? Check. Iowa farmer Phil Sundblad talks about the wind energy turbines he has installed on his farm.
Attract investments in new clean-energy innovations that will make America more competitive and transform our economy? Check. Learn how Silicon Valley’s leading lights think “going green could be the largest economic opportunity of the 21st century.”
Cap carbon emissions. Create a market where businesses can trade credits in carbon emissions. Grow our economy. This video produced by Environmental Defense, the sponsors of this blog, is something all pro-market, anti-tax and spend conservatives should see. Check it out. Then forward it to a friend.
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September 18th, 2007 at 2:21 pm
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September 18th, 2007 at 2:39 pm
We reviewed this post and offer our congratulations for addressing an overlooked and important facet of energy costs. We posted a direct link and have encouraged others to do the same. It seems after some thought that the analysis has left out many unknown costs.
September 25th, 2007 at 9:22 am
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September 26th, 2007 at 11:10 am
I, too, have wondered about the sanity of having a war in which we fund our adversaries. Ending oil dependence is a need I’ve recognized for 34 years. Oil and natural gas dependence is bankrupting the country, forcing us into no-win wars abroad, and polluting the environment.
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