1. There is a wide consensus among specialists. Dissenting opinions you cite are interesting, but, for the purposes of this conversation, irrelevant. Consensus exists (even if we might discover in 10 years that it was a mistake).
2. Fracking causes earthquakes and water pollution.
3. Coal is the worst, but oil (and, less so, gas) are bad too.
I would advocate carbon tax even if we were facing global cooling instead - exactly because of 2 & 3. Moreover, pouring money into R&D will have many positive consequences unrelated to energy.
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Date: 2017-04-21 05:21 pm (UTC)2. Fracking causes earthquakes and water pollution.
3. Coal is the worst, but oil (and, less so, gas) are bad too.
I would advocate carbon tax even if we were facing global cooling instead - exactly because of 2 & 3.
Moreover, pouring money into R&D will have many positive consequences unrelated to energy.