Because cap and trade is enforced through the selling and trading of permits, it actually perpetuates the pollution it is supposed to eliminate.
James HansenI tend to be naive and gullible, I guess, but I try to believe that governments believe what they say.
James HansenBurning all the fossil fuels will destroy the planet we know, Creation, the planet of stable climate in which civilization developed.
James HansenInjection of environmental and political perspectives in midstream of the science discussion cannot help the process of inquiry. I believe that persons with relevant scientific expertise should concentrate, with pride, on cool objective analysis, providing information to the public and decision-makers when it is found, but leaving the moral implications for later common consideration, or at most for summary inferential discussion.
James Hansen