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Can you point to a renewables piece which is more substantive than this one? Because I found this one pretty information free. For example, does Reason have a
by eesmith 4y ago
Can you point to a renewables piece which is more substantive than this one?
Because I found this one pretty information free.
For example, does Reason have a position on the goal of net zero emissions by 2050? Is it a valid goal? A search now mostly finds criticism that it can be reached, and an argument that top-down regulations are much worse than rapid economic growth and a free market.
But that's an evaluation of the political success, not the need for success. And most of the content I find is that things will get worse, but we can let the free market solve the problems.
And with a touch of its own rah-rah hypemongering, for example, that "small modular nuclear reactors paired with molten salt storage" will come to the rescue, and we won't have to change our existing habits.
Their solution seems well summarized at https://reason.com/2021/11/18/will-glasgow-climate-promises-be-kept/ https://reason.com/2021/11/18/will-glasgow-climate-promises-... :
] All of the ongoing trends toward the adoption of lower emissions energy sources and technologies would be dramatically accelerated if policymakers adopt clean free market policies instead of the top-down mandates popular at COP26. Unlike subsidies and mandates that target specific technologies, clean tax cuts are a technology-neutral tool that rewards innovators and encourages competition to develop and deploy low emissions energy supplies and infrastructure.
because, "Cutting taxes is nearly always a good thing “for any excuse whatsoever.”" says https://secureservercdn.net/198.71.233.153/ab1.df9.myftpupload.com/wp-content/uploads/Policy-Brief-2-Understanding-Clean-Tax-Cuts.pdf https://secureservercdn.net/198.71.233.153/ab1.df9.myftpuplo... , and ... no, I am not going to read dumb-ass libertarian policies statements like this, based in the premise that The Free Market Solves Everything.