Comments on: Getting Carbon Out of Our Systems, Now http://www.davewann.com/getting-carbon-out-of-our-systems-now-2/ writer speaker filmmaker Fri, 03 May 2013 09:57:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.3 By: Natalie http://www.davewann.com/getting-carbon-out-of-our-systems-now-2/#comment-3282 Natalie Sun, 15 Apr 2012 08:42:33 +0000 http://www.davewann.com/?p=539#comment-3282 Nice post which There is growing evidence that Americans are willing to change their priorities, for example, spending more of their household budgets for high-quality food and less for products like clothes or electronics that are out of style before we even get them home. Food is increasingly seen as a smart buy – a way to spend more time with friends and less time with the doctor. Thanks a lot for posting this article. Nice post which There is growing evidence that Americans are willing to change their priorities, for example, spending more of their household budgets for high-quality food and less for products like clothes or electronics that are out of style before we even get them home. Food is increasingly seen as a smart buy – a way to spend more time with friends and less time with the doctor. Thanks a lot for posting this article.

]]> By: David Wann http://www.davewann.com/getting-carbon-out-of-our-systems-now-2/#comment-758 David Wann Wed, 29 Jun 2011 21:17:36 +0000 http://www.davewann.com/?p=539#comment-758 Yes, I agree for the most part. Yet, how many hundreds of billions in subsidies have fossil fuels received since the 1870s? Renewable energy has value above and beyond its primary uses, in that it provides not only lights, heating, cooling, etc. but also: prevention of planetary disruption from climate crisis prevention of lung and heart disease from air pollution a better match with local economies more jobs per unit of energy less habitat destruction a less attractive target for terrorism In my mind, the market is only as valuable as its flexibility and "biologic." Consider this: if a fish species is over-fished to the point of near-extinction, its price goes up (supply and demand), making the fish even more lucrative per pound to catch, and wipe out. The same is true of fossil fuel. As the prices of coal, oil, and gas go up, we'll pockmark the planet no matter what the environmental and social costs are. The market needs more comprehensive feedback than just availability. Availability for how long? At what cost in living wealth? Thanks for writing, and I agree that economics is an important piece of the equation, along with these other factors, so overlooked by the market because they are "free." Yes, I agree for the most part. Yet, how many hundreds of billions in subsidies have fossil fuels received since the 1870s? Renewable energy has value above and beyond its primary uses, in that it provides not only lights, heating, cooling, etc. but also:

prevention of planetary disruption from climate crisis

prevention of lung and heart disease from air pollution

a better match with local economies

more jobs per unit of energy

less habitat destruction

a less attractive target for terrorism

In my mind, the market is only as valuable as its flexibility and “biologic.” Consider this: if a fish species is over-fished to the point of near-extinction, its price goes up (supply and demand), making the fish even more lucrative per pound to catch, and wipe out. The same is true of fossil fuel. As the prices of coal, oil, and gas go up, we’ll pockmark the planet no matter what the environmental and social costs are. The market needs more comprehensive feedback than just availability. Availability for how long? At what cost in living wealth?

Thanks for writing, and I agree that economics is an important piece of the equation, along with these other factors, so overlooked by the market because they are “free.”

]]> By: Taylor http://www.davewann.com/getting-carbon-out-of-our-systems-now-2/#comment-755 Taylor Wed, 29 Jun 2011 15:30:59 +0000 http://www.davewann.com/?p=539#comment-755 I'm all for sustainable approaches and renewal resources ... provided that they are engineered to provide real value at an affordable economic cost or a better economic cost. I'm not for more government subsidies and programs to prop up sustainability projects that can't stand on their own two feet. Potentially solves one problem and creates another I’m all for sustainable approaches and renewal resources … provided that they are engineered to provide real value at an affordable economic cost or a better economic cost.

I’m not for more government subsidies and programs to prop up sustainability projects that can’t stand on their own two feet. Potentially solves one problem and creates another

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