National Academy of Science Urges Carbon Tax

eldavojohn writes "Moving for the first time from a cautious message to a message of urgency, the National Academy of Science has advised the United States government to either adopt a carbon tax or cap and trade legislation. This follows a comprehensive study in three parts released today from the National Academies that, for the first time, urges required action from the government to curb climate change."

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Offensive - the NAS plays politics

[bradley13]

This is offensive. The National Academy is supposed to be a scientific organization, not a pile of lobbiests. The whole AGW mess comes because scientists have mixed up science with politics.

Three simple steps: open mouth, insert foot, destroy credibility.

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[Lars T.]

My home state of Victoria, Australia is one of the worst offenders world wide in coal burning for power generation. But I wonder why we can't use the gas from the power stations directly.

Build multiple chains of greenhouses adjacent to the power station. Feed CO2 rich gas directly into the greenhouses. Use some warm cooling water from the power station for irrigation. From that you get CO2 depleted air and food. Sell the food.

You mean CO2 doesn't get distributed through he atmosphere already, reaching all kinds of plants, helping them grow better? You need special greenhouses near the CO2 sources for that to work?

Well, if I understood that wrong - why do CO2 levels still go up despite all this extra growth? It looks like the extra CO2 doesn't generate enough extra biomass to neutralize it being extra.