Because cap and trade is enforced through the selling and trading of permits, it actually perpetuates the pollution it is supposed to eliminate.
James HansenIf we drive our fellow species to extinction, we will leave a far more desolate planet for our descendants than the world we inherited from our elders.
James HansenIt's as certain that as long as fossil fuels are the cheapest energy, we will just keep burning them.
James HansenI have been described as the grandfather of climate change. In fact, I am just a grandfather and I do not want my grandchildren to say that grandpa understood what was happening but didn't make it clear.
James Hansen