Monday, March 10, 2014

In "The Climate Casino", William Nordhaus states that raising the price on carbon is one of the steps that can be made to stop global warming, on location 146 on the kindle app. I agree with William Nordhaus idea of boosting up the price on carbon. Raising price on carbon would be a big step towards preventing global warming. It seems a bit ridiculous to raise the price on something that us Americans use everyday but if the prices do raise then I'm sure that low carbon based technologies will be invented. If and when we do start using less or no carbon, it will be that first step in making a change for our near future. Raising the price on carbon will not just influence producers on creating none carbon sources of energy but it will influence us to use carbon more sparingly. I believe we use oils and carbon so much now a days because we are not all aware of what is to come. But when the step to raise price on carbon are in process, I'm sure people will most defiantly not be so careless on the use of oils. This step will also aware everyone on the severe measure of global warming. If America raises the price of carbon it will effect the economy drastically and people will realize that what must be done should be done for our planet. If we set an example then maybe other nations will follow and that would be an even bigger step for Earth. Raising the price of carbon in my opinion is a pretty interesting idea and it might just work.

1 comment:

  1. Hey Nazneen, I can definitely see where you are coming from and your reasoning makes a lot of sense. However, I feel that Americans are not prepared to pay for extra for services that they use everyday. The economy is a bigger issue than just raising prices on the people of this country. What's going to happen when we raise the prices for gas and cars? Are these things not too expensive already? Can the average American afford to pay so much for this? I think its something to think about... :)

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