Comments on: A plea to change the rules of the energy game http://www.cleanbreak.ca/2007/05/24/a-plea-to-change-the-rules-of-the-energy-game/ Trends, happenings and innovations in the clean technology market Thu, 18 Mar 2010 22:38:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Anonymous http://www.cleanbreak.ca/2007/05/24/a-plea-to-change-the-rules-of-the-energy-game/comment-page-1/#comment-1239 Anonymous Sun, 27 May 2007 21:04:00 +0000 http://www.cleanbreak.ca/2007/05/24/a-plea-to-change-the-rules-of-the-energy-game/#comment-1239 I have argued in the past for a general tax on the production and importation of energy -- meaning all kinds of energy, not only petroleum. My idea was that this new tax would entirely replace the federal income tax, which could be abolished. There could be a lower tax rate for non-polluting energy sources, and probably an exemption for energy that people produce for their own consumption (i.e. from their own solar panels or wind turbines). Such a tax could address, at a single stroke, a large majority of the concerns Vinod Khosla raised. I think the aspect of never having to fill out Form 1040 again would be a strong selling point too. I have argued in the past for a general tax on the production and importation of energy — meaning all kinds of energy, not only petroleum. My idea was that this new tax would entirely replace the federal income tax, which could be abolished.
There could be a lower tax rate for non-polluting energy sources, and probably an exemption for energy that people produce for their own consumption (i.e. from their own solar panels or wind turbines).
Such a tax could address, at a single stroke, a large majority of the concerns Vinod Khosla raised. I think the aspect of never having to fill out Form 1040 again would be a strong selling point too.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.cleanbreak.ca/2007/05/24/a-plea-to-change-the-rules-of-the-energy-game/comment-page-1/#comment-1238 Anonymous Fri, 25 May 2007 18:47:00 +0000 http://www.cleanbreak.ca/2007/05/24/a-plea-to-change-the-rules-of-the-energy-game/#comment-1238 "The oil companies. The auto makers. Big polluting industries. And unions." I'd phrase it a little more generally: "The oil companies. The auto makers. Big polluting industries. And their employees..." “The oil companies. The auto makers. Big polluting industries. And unions.”

I’d phrase it a little more generally: “The oil companies. The auto makers. Big polluting industries. And their employees…”

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.cleanbreak.ca/2007/05/24/a-plea-to-change-the-rules-of-the-energy-game/comment-page-1/#comment-1237 Anonymous Thu, 24 May 2007 22:17:00 +0000 http://www.cleanbreak.ca/2007/05/24/a-plea-to-change-the-rules-of-the-energy-game/#comment-1237 I agree wholeheartedly with one caveat -- the excuses the Bush admin make about not acting are not based from fears about the economy. They're about fears for the oil industry and their friends in the oil industry. Simple as that. Status quo may kill the planet, but at least they'll all be rich. I agree wholeheartedly with one caveat — the excuses the Bush admin make about not acting are not based from fears about the economy. They’re about fears for the oil industry and their friends in the oil industry. Simple as that. Status quo may kill the planet, but at least they’ll all be rich.

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