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Post by David B. Benson on Feb 6, 2019 19:47:03 GMT 9.5
A couple of days ago Barry Brook replied to my email, earlier today he made me moderator, and a few hours ago I finished the forum cleanup. Pretty amazing. Thanks again, Roger and David, for your help and encouragement: Without your help none of this would have happened. huon, like your new title! Thanks for the effort. I will now encourage others to carry on serious discussions here.
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Post by huon on Feb 18, 2019 14:37:10 GMT 9.5
Some positive developments in the effort to pass a US carbon tax: "The Green New Deal Could Launch Republican Climate Solutions" time.com/5529135/green-new-deal-republicans-carbon-tax/"Unlike in recent years, Republicans on the committee said in hearings this week they understood the science of climate change and declined to call witnesses that outright denied the scientific consensus, as they have in the past. "'As a Republican working on climate, this has been an extraordinary week,' says Alex Flint, executive director of Alliance for Market Solutions, a conservative group that supports a carbon tax."
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Post by huon on Mar 6, 2019 12:21:18 GMT 9.5
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Post by Roger Clifton on Mar 27, 2019 4:55:59 GMT 9.5
Are there any particularly good tourist trails around the Idaho National Laboratory? (The INL is a reservation for prototype and experimental nuclear reactors, mostly decommissioned). The Internet has many trails of nuclear interest, but they are mostly to do with bombs rather than carbon-free electricity. (Reply on "messages" if you prefer privacy)
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Post by David B. Benson on Mar 27, 2019 5:11:24 GMT 9.5
Are there any particularly good tourist trails around the Idaho National Laboratory? ) I recommend visiting the Craters of the Moon National Monument. Most of the INL reservation is restricted access.
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Post by huon on Mar 28, 2019 14:55:36 GMT 9.5
If I were driving back to the west coast from southern Idaho, I'd drop by the Columbia Generating Station, the Northwest's only nuclear power plant, located just north of Richland, Washington. And nearby are the Hanford Site, where plutonium was produced for World War 2; and a LIGO gravitational-wave observatory, which has detected neutron-star mergers, the primary source of most of the Uranium, Thorium and other heavy elements in the universe.
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Post by huon on Nov 28, 2019 15:24:16 GMT 9.5
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Post by huon on Dec 10, 2019 14:26:17 GMT 9.5
Study finds rapid health benefits following air pollution reduction Green Car Congress Dec. 09, 2019 www.greencarcongress.com/2019/12/20191209-ats.htmlAn excerpt: "'Fortunately, reducing air pollution can result in prompt and substantial health gains. Sweeping policies affecting a whole country can reduce all-cause mortality within weeks.'" Because a carbon tax will reduce many kinds of air pollution, this study will be a powerful tool in getting such a tax enacted.
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Post by huon on Apr 8, 2020 6:30:33 GMT 9.5
As for the size of tax, the successful levy of British Columbia, Canada would be a good model. Their tax started at CA$10 per tonne of CO2, and then increased CA$5 per tonne annually. The US might do the same but with US dollars.
(To put these numbers in perspective, a US $10 carbon tax would add about 10 cents per gallon to the price gasoline, and around 1 cent per kWh to the price of coal-based electricity.)
Note, 07 Apr 2020: This comment was moved here from the Carbon Tax thread. The present thread, on further reflection, seemed the better home for it.
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Post by David B. Benson on Apr 21, 2020 8:23:24 GMT 9.5
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Post by David B. Benson on Apr 24, 2020 11:01:20 GMT 9.5
Satellite data shows 'highest emissions ever measured' from U.S. oil and gas operations 2020 Apr 23 Phys.org phys.org/news/2020-04-satellite-highest-emissions-oil-gas.htmlThis is the Permian basin where there's so much associated gas, i.e., mostly methane, than operators often flare rather than pay, yes pay, to put it into a pipeline.
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Post by David B. Benson on Apr 25, 2020 10:06:24 GMT 9.5
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Post by David B. Benson on Apr 29, 2020 10:22:27 GMT 9.5
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Post by David B. Benson on May 2, 2020 11:08:26 GMT 9.5
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Post by David B. Benson on May 22, 2020 15:02:48 GMT 9.5
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Post by David B. Benson on May 29, 2020 20:25:18 GMT 9.5
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Post by David B. Benson on Jun 2, 2020 20:32:53 GMT 9.5
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Post by David B. Benson on Jun 3, 2020 18:50:14 GMT 9.5
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Post by David B. Benson on Jun 4, 2020 5:23:45 GMT 9.5
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Post by David B. Benson on Jun 11, 2020 6:10:04 GMT 9.5
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Post by David B. Benson on Jun 15, 2020 2:18:10 GMT 9.5
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Post by David B. Benson on Jun 16, 2020 2:39:58 GMT 9.5
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Post by David B. Benson on Jun 24, 2020 2:05:32 GMT 9.5
Exciting new developments for polymers made from waste sulfer 2020 Jun 23 Phys.org phys.org/news/2020-06-polymers-sulfur.htmlMore easily recyclable plastics. Regarding the photograph: the sulfer @ the Port of Vancouver comes from natural gas refining in Alberta before the so-called natural gas enters the pipelines.
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Post by huon on Jun 24, 2020 14:27:00 GMT 9.5
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Post by David B. Benson on Jun 27, 2020 6:05:54 GMT 9.5
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Post by David B. Benson on Jul 8, 2020 17:21:00 GMT 9.5
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Post by David B. Benson on Jul 9, 2020 9:39:06 GMT 9.5
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Post by David B. Benson on Jul 9, 2020 10:46:43 GMT 9.5
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Post by David B. Benson on Jul 9, 2020 17:40:37 GMT 9.5
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Post by David B. Benson on Jul 9, 2020 20:51:05 GMT 9.5
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