[CAnet - news] New Al Gore presentation on climate change on TED

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[For those who have never discovered TED, I highly recommend taking a look.
A wealth of thought provoking video seminars from recognized experts and
leaders around the world, such as Al Gore's new presentation - most of which
can be downloaded in HD for free.

I concur with Al Gore that we need a carbon tax - but I argue that it should
be structured as a carbon "reward" where consumers get free eProducts and
eServices in exchange for reducing their carbon footprint in their day to
day activities. eProducts and eServices have virtually no carbon footprint.
Since consumers control or influence 60% of all CO2 emissions, I think
immediate rewards, rather than nebulous taxes will provide a much greater
incentive. The danger with carbon taxes, although supposedly revenue
neutral, is they create an addiction for governments, much like thy are
currently addicted to lottery, gasoline, alcohol and tobacco taxes. My 2
cents worth.  See my blog http:/green-broadband.blogspot.com for more
details -- BSA]


http://blog.ted.com/2008/04/new_thinking_on.php

In Al Gore's brand-new slideshow (premiering exclusively on TED.com), he
presents evidence that the pace of climate change may be even worse than
scientists were recently predicting, and challenges us to act with a sense
of "generational mission" -- the kind of feeling that brought forth the
civil rights movement -- to set it right. Gore's stirring presentation is
followed by a brief Q&A in which he is asked for his verdict on the current
political candidates' climate policies and on what role he himself might
play in future.



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