March 2008
Keys to Climate Protection (Extended version)
Dramatic, immediate commitment to nurturing new technologies is essential to
averting disastrous global warming
By Jeffrey D. Sachs

http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=technological-keys-to-climate-protection-ext...

Some extracts/comments in the article:

Technology policy lies at the core of the climate change challenge.

At the margin, a [carbon] trading system might marginally influence the
choices between coal and gas plants or provoke a bit more adoption of solar
and wind power, but it will not lead to the necessary fundamental overhaul
of energy systems.

For that, we will need much more than a price on carbon. Consider three
potentially transformative low-emissions technologies: carbon capture and
sequestration (CCS), plug-in hybrid automobiles and concentrated
solar-thermal electricity generation. Each will require a combination of
factors to succeed: more applied scientific research, important regulatory
changes, appropriate infrastructure, public acceptance and early high-cost
investments to

"Sean" now.com.au> wrote in
news:48cb6a38$0$28216$afc38c87@news.optusnet.com.au:

Yikes. What we need is fewer doomsayers expounding Chicken Little scenarios
in order to rationalize more gummint meddling in the economy (and thus
lavishing status, media attention, and speaking fees upon the Chicken
Littles).

Sachs leaps aboard every bandwagon that rolls by. He's never delivered an
accurate prediction or offered useful advice in his life, that was not
obvious.

On Sat, 13 Sep 2008 08:25:50 +0000, Publius wrote:

gummint meddling in the economy IS the economy and has been for the last
100 years at least.