JF B's List: Articles Climate

• The fundamental problem is that fossil fuels are the cheapest form of energy,"  Hansen, 68, told the newspaper. "As long as they are, they are going to be used.  It's remarkable. They refuse to recognize and address the fundamental problem  and the obvious solution
• Hansen, an adjunct professor at New York's Columbia University, said the only  effective way of controlling global warming would be to institute an increasing  "carbon tax," not cap and trade
• We are going to have to move beyond fossil fuels at some point. Why continue to  stretch it out longer
• The only way we can do that is by putting a price on carbon  emissions,"  he said. "The business community and the public need to understand that there  will be a gradually increasing price on carbon emissions

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