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toddsmith at 7/19/2008 2:01PM

Carrot: Individual tax

tags: Climate and Energy, car, gas

Carrot: Individual tax incentives for installing alternative low carbon energy sources for homes and low pollution vehicles. Government grants for carbon alternative energy productivity based on merit. Rebuild a national high speed and energy efficient rail system for transport of goods and people. Recapture industrial smokestack heat for energy usage.Stick: Massive tax on gasoline, plastic products in general but specifically bottles and other 'disposable' items. Harsher penalties and fines for

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toddsmith at 4/18/2008 4:49PM

Rethink A Rail System

tags: Climate and Energy, environment, gas, global warming, national security, oil, rail, transportation

The cold war era policy to expand highways has destroyed older American cities by slicing up neighborhoods and contributing to an unsustainable use of energy for shipping and transporting. Let's redesign how we move stuff and ourselves with greater efficiency. The cost of gas for cars and planes will only go higher. Instead of leasing toll roads to foreign companies, we urgently need to build a nationwide high speed rail system designed to serve people by saving energy and the environment.

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