Logo
Quote by James Hansen
Consider the perverse effect cap and trade has on altruistic actio

Consider the perverse effect cap and trade has on altruistic actions. Say you decide to buy a small, high-efficiency car. That reduces your emissions, but not your countrys. Instead it allows somebody else to buy a bigger S.U.V. – because the total emissions are set by the cap. – James Hansen

Other quotes by James Hansen

Money has too big an influence on our politics in Washington and somehow we need to do something about that. – James Hansen

Category:
Politics
Author
James Hansen
Read Quote

With a fourth generation of nuclear power, you can have a technology that will burn more than 99 percent of the energy in the fuel. It would mean that you dont need to mine uranium for the next thousand years. – James Hansen

Category:
Technology
Author
James Hansen
Read Quote
Other Quotes from
car
category

When you put gas in your car you are making a political statement, because you are supporting the empires that control and continue the destruction of some countries. – Javier Bardem

Category:
car

Thats what I love. Not being interrupted, sitting in a car by myself and listening to music in the rain. There are so many great songs yet to sing. – Alison Krauss

Category:
car

Ive made movies that cost less than one car chase. – Sam Mendes

Category:
car

If you or me go to the gas station to fill up our car and it costs us much more than we expected, it will zap our discretionary income. We wont have the extra money to buy that washing machine or new winter coat-all big ticket items that are important to economic growth. – Maria Bartiromo

Category:
car

Random Quotes

Ah, gravity: thou art a heartless bitch. – Robert Cohen, Chuck Lorre, and Bill Prady, The Big Bang Theory, “The Big Bran Hy

Category:
Science

I expect nothing. I fear no one. I am free. – Nikos Kazantzakis

Category:
Fear

Once you start a working on something, dont be afraid of failure and dont abandon it. People who work sincerely are the happiest. – Chanakya

Category:
Failure

One of the most powerful devices of poetry is the use of distortions. You can go from talking about the way a minute passes to the way a century passes, or a lifetime. – Robert Morgan

Category:
Poetry