Owatanna, MN, Correspondent-Factoring the cost of cleaning up pollution into the overall cost of owning and driving a car is long overdue. However, the way this carbon pricing is done is the key to successfully eliminating greenhouse gas emissions. The first step is to remove all tax incentives, subsidies, and loopholes in state and federal … Continue reading Symposium 2015: The majority of greenhouse gas emissions come from automobiles. Is it time to institute a carbon pricing system for individuals who drive automobiles?
Environment
2014 Symposium: How can society become better stewards of our environment?
Myrtle Beach: There are small changes that every person is capable of making to help the environment. Simple things like recycling, walking in short distances, car-pooling. Those are just some minor lifestyle changes that don’t cost much of anything and will aide our environment. This is not a battle that we alone can win though. … Continue reading 2014 Symposium: How can society become better stewards of our environment?
2014 Symposium: Are you willing to pay $5 or more per gallon for gas if it helps the environment?
Raleigh: The impact of people’s actions on the environment has been at the center of public debate for a long time. Many researchers, scientists and concerned citizens have pointed out that if people do not change their ways, the future of our planet can indeed be dire. One of the biggest factors which negatively affect … Continue reading 2014 Symposium: Are you willing to pay $5 or more per gallon for gas if it helps the environment?
Top Problems Plaguing America by Digger Cartwright
America is in crisis. We are a nation in decline as a result of society’s own hedonism, greed, and self destruction. Our problems are rooted not only in our dysfunctional political system but in the dysfunctional state of society itself, both of which have become increasingly more dysfunctional over the last decade. Americans’ perceptions of … Continue reading Top Problems Plaguing America by Digger Cartwright
Are There Benefits of Higher Gas Prices?
From Thinking Outside The Boxe's Sydney Correspondent: Gas prices seem to be rising constantly, and historically are at high levels. If you asked most people if there were any benefits as a result the answer would most probably be a resounding no. And at a time when the economy is in a bad state and many … Continue reading Are There Benefits of Higher Gas Prices?
Is U.S. Agricultural Policy Economically Damaging?
From Thinking Outside the Boxe’s London Correspondent Every year, the U.S. government gives out about $25 billion in subsidies to farmers around the country. Considering the current budget deficit problems in the U.S., is it worth paying out so much to farmers, or is the current system only damaging the economy even further? … Continue reading Is U.S. Agricultural Policy Economically Damaging?
Alternative Energy & Winning the War on Terror
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