A Republican Carbon Tax?

Energy Gang

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🗓️ 16 February 2017

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Last week, a group of highly respected Republicans released a plan for a $40-per-ton carbon tax on point-of-source emissions from coal, oil and gas. Why now? With a Republican White House and Congress, they argued, now is the perfect time to show America that conservatives have better ideas than the command-and-control Democrats who are only interested in more regulation as a solution to climate change. A steadily-rising carbon tax is the most economically efficient way of dealing with carbon pollution. But it certainly doesn’t play well in American politics. And now that Republicans have control of Congress and the White House, they have little incentive to trade a carbon tax for an end to regulations. Still, some are hopeful that grassroots supporters, prominent Republicans and even officials like Rex Tillerson can help shape President Trump's mind on a carbon price. On this week's show, we'll look at what it would take to move carbon pricing forward. Then, there’s a growing movement to get scientists running for office. Should clean energy professionals also consider public office? Finally, remembering Art Rosenfeld, the godfather of energy efficiency. This podcast is sponsored by KACO New Energy, a leading solar inverter company with superior engineering and unmatched customer service: http://kaco-newenergy.com/ See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:49.9	a weekly digest on energy, clean Tech, and the Environment.
0:53.0	I'm Stephen Lacey.
0:57.0	Valentine's Day was this week, so it was fitting that I saw so many people on
1:05.2	Twitter fall helplessly in love with the latest Republican plan for a carbon tax.
1:09.6	The plan is beautiful, it's elegant, but are supporters getting seduced into a flawed relationship
1:16.7	only to get dumped once again by Republicans in Congress, or are we actually witnessing
1:21.6	the birth of a real romance?
1:24.0	We'll discuss the newest gossip and chatter around a carbon tax plan in Washington.
1:29.0	Then there's a movement of foot to get scientists running for office should clean energy professionals
1:34.5	follow. Finally remembering Art Rosenfeld, the godfather of energy efficiency.
1:40.7	Catherine Hamilton and Jigger Shaw, always are by my side virtually at least
1:45.9	Catharines in Washington DC and I think since we recorded last I've seen you tweet from like
1:51.1	three or four different events I can't keep track of you
1:54.4	let's just say I spent a romantic Valentine's Day at Nauruk.
2:00.4	Jiggershaw is in New York City have you been bouncing around or just keeping tight in the city?
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