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Can t we all just get along?

Posted on June 29, 2008

I received two emails this past week. One from the Carbon Tax Center dishing on cap-and-trade and asking for money and another from Cleanenergy.org asking me, again, to sign a statement urging 100% auction of carbon permits. I think both approaches are bull-headed. There is a lot of efficiency in between these two hardline positions. Cap-and-trade with a 90% auction? Not bad....

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