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Climate change ideas for On Day One

Posted on June 24, 2008

By Ideas for On Day One Our weeklong collaboration with UN Dispatch rolls on today with a discussion prompted by On Day One user taylorshelton who suggests government subsidies for non-renewable energy should be eliminated. Eliminate all subsidies for traditional fuels (coal, oil and nuclear) and invest all energy-related funds into renewable energy resources like solar, wind and cellulosic ethanol with the goal of completely eliminating dependence on fossil fuels and nuclear power. Nigel Purvis, Kate Sheppard, David Roberts, and Timothy B. Hurst respond below the fold....

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