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Carbon Cap-and-Trade: Prone to Circumvention

Carbon Cap-and-Trade: Prone to Circumvention

The basic premise in the move to tax or cap carbon emissions is the proposition of making dirty energy expensive. This is reactionary, of course. It is also not sustainable in the long run because it is punitive in nature. Anything punitive will only fall under the human ability to circumvent the rule – especially by incorrigible polluters and their [...]