Sunday, June 04, 2017

A fool’s errand: Al Gore’s $15 trillion carbon tax | The Liberty Conservative

A fool’s errand: Al Gore’s $15 trillion carbon tax | The Liberty Conservative:
"Al Gore wants to reverse modernity and save the world from itself through an elimination of its fossil-fuel-based energy system.
Image result for carbon taxDuring the final week of April, his newly created Energy Transitions Commission released a document setting forth a fool’s errand pathway to “decarbonize” the world’s energy system.
If you scroll through the verbiage surrounding the document, you will find the core policy recommendation is a massive, punishing carbon tax.
Gore would start the tax at $50 per ton, which would increase to $100 per ton over time, essentially destroying the market for continued robust development of the world’s fossil-fuel base.
Our economic growth and personal well-being depends on robust fossil-fuel use, so Gore’s plan would destroy these as well.
But, don’t worry!
The all-in estimated cost to re-engineer humanity is only a mere $15 trillion—enough money to give every man, woman, and child in the United States more than $46,000..."

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