<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><p class="" style="margin: 0px 3px 20px 10px; padding: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; line-height: 1.5em; max-width: 560px; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><b class="" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;">Home-grown energy revolutions</b></p><p class="" style="margin: 0px 3px 20px 10px; padding: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; line-height: 1.5em; max-width: 560px; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Reducing our lifestyle </span><span class="" style="background-color: rgb(255, 251, 0);">demand for renewable energy</span><span class="" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> can reduce the mining for materials to build vast square mileage of wind farms. It can likewise limit copper mining required to build solar farms in wildlife habitat. </span></p><p class="" style="margin: 0px 3px 20px 10px; padding: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; line-height: 1.5em; max-width: 560px; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="" style="background-color: rgb(255, 251, 0);">Consumers obviously can’t do all this alone, so putting the pressure on politicians is and will be irreplaceable,<b class=""> but there’s no place like home</b> for starting to make a difference.</span></p><p class="" style="margin: 0px 3px 20px 10px; padding: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; line-height: 1.5em; max-width: 560px; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Nobody needs to wait for an Act of Congress to get this ball rolling.</span><span class="" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">We can start by </span><span class="" style="background-color: rgb(255, 251, 0);">reconsidering everything</span><span class="" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> plugged into a wall outlet. </span></p><p class="" style="margin: 0px 3px 20px 10px; padding: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; line-height: 1.5em; max-width: 560px; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Will our lives suffer excruciating pain if we leave vacuum cleaners unplugged, and reach for brooms?</span></p><p class="" style="margin: 0px 3px 20px 10px; padding: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; line-height: 1.5em; max-width: 560px; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Would that be too much to ask? </p><p class="" style="margin: 0px 3px 20px 10px; padding: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; line-height: 1.5em; max-width: 560px; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Would it be once again possible to open a can of beans without an electric can opener? Electric toothbrushes, electric shavers, anything plugged into a wall outlet needs as hard a look as we can give. Would that be too much to ask?</p><p class="" style="margin: 0px 3px 20px 10px; padding: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; line-height: 1.5em; max-width: 560px; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">We can start our own home-grown energy-revolutions simply by remembering that the shift to solar and wind energy generation isn’t a matter of just keeping the lights on. Among many other things that need to be weighed, it’s also a matter of how much home lighting we truly need. Any 60 watt light bulb will demand less energy than a comparable 100 watt bulb. </p><p class="" style="margin: 0px 3px 20px 10px; padding: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; line-height: 1.5em; max-width: 560px; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Building and buying of efficient bulbs will of course make a difference, but even there the wattage demand will matter. There will be mining in order to build these bulbs, but the wattage demand is largely in the hands of the buyers. Is reducing that demand too much to ask? </p><p class="" style="margin: 0px 3px 20px 10px; padding: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; line-height: 1.5em; max-width: 560px; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">All things considered, I have to agree with the irony in 16 year old Greta Thunberg’s calmly eloquent, “We live in a strange world. Where we think we can buy or build our way out of a crisis that has been created by buying and building things.”</p><div class=""><<<a href="https://www.counterpunch.org/2019/05/21/renewable-energy-the-switch-from-drill-baby-drill-to-mine-baby-mine/" class="">https://www.counterpunch.org/2019/05/21/renewable-energy-the-switch-from-drill-baby-drill-to-mine-baby-mine/</a>>></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div dir="auto" class="" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span class="" style="font-size: 12px;">==============</span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span class="" style="font-size: 12px;"><br class=""></span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span class="" style="font-size: 12px;">Financial Times - March 28, 2018</span></div><div class="" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(153, 15, 61); -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(153, 15, 61);"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-size: 12px;"><a href="https://www.ft.com/reports" class=""><b class="">Special Report</b></a></span></div><div class="" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); min-height: 17px;"><span class="" style="font-size: 12px;"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"></span><br class=""></span></div><div class="" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-size: 12px;"><b class="">How to make a carbon pricing system work</b></span></div><div class="" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-size: 12px;">Compensation for those who lose out and sanctions on non-compliance are needed</span></div><div class="" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(153, 15, 61); -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(153, 15, 61);"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-size: 12px;"><a href="https://www.ft.com/martin-wolf" class="">MARTIN WOLF<span class="" style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; -webkit-font-kerning: none;"></span></a></span></div><div class="" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(153, 15, 61); -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(153, 15, 61); min-height: 17px;"><span class="" style="font-size: 12px;"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><b class=""></b></span><br class=""></span></div><div class="" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 238);"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; color: rgb(153, 15, 61); -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(153, 15, 61); font-size: 12px;"><<<a href="https://www.ft.com/content/2d9490f2-1291-11e8-a765-993b2440bd73" class=""><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 238);">https://www.ft.com/content/2d9490f2-1291-11e8-a765-993b2440bd73</span></a>>></span></div><div class="" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(153, 15, 61); -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(153, 15, 61); min-height: 17px;"><span class="" style="font-size: 12px;"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"></span><br class=""></span></div><div class="" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(153, 15, 61); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-size: 12px;"><b class="">1st 2 sentences</b></span></div><div class="" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(153, 15, 61); -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(153, 15, 61); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); min-height: 17px;"><span class="" style="font-size: 12px;"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"></span><br class=""></span></div><div class="" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(51, 48, 46); -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(51, 48, 46); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-size: 12px;">“Carbon pricing is a good idea whose time has not yet come. But it has to do so.”</span></div><div class="" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(51, 48, 46); -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(51, 48, 46); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); min-height: 17px;"><span class="" style="font-size: 12px;"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"></span><br class=""></span></div><div class="" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(51, 48, 46); -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(51, 48, 46); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-size: 12px;"><b class="">Closing 2 sentences</b></span></div><div class="" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(51, 48, 46); -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(51, 48, 46); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); min-height: 17px;"><span class="" style="font-size: 12px;"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"></span><br class=""></span></div><div class="" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span class="" style="font-size: 12px;"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; color: rgb(51, 48, 46); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(51, 48, 46);">“</span><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">The chances are high that the effort will fail. If so, our goose will be cooked.”</span></span></div><div class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 12px;"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><br class=""></span></span></div></div></div><div class="">
<div dir="auto" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12px;" class="">==============</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12px;" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12px;" class="">Financial Times - March 28, 2018</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(153, 15, 61); -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(153, 15, 61);" class=""><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-size: 12px;" class=""><a href="https://www.ft.com/reports" class=""><b class="">Special Report</b></a></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); min-height: 17px;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12px;" class=""><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;" class=""></span><br class=""></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class=""><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-size: 12px;" class=""><b class="">How to make a carbon pricing system work</b></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class=""><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-size: 12px;" class="">Compensation for those who lose out and sanctions on non-compliance are needed</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(153, 15, 61); -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(153, 15, 61);" class=""><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-size: 12px;" class=""><a href="https://www.ft.com/martin-wolf" class="">MARTIN WOLF<span style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; -webkit-font-kerning: none;" class=""></span></a></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(153, 15, 61); -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(153, 15, 61); min-height: 17px;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12px;" class=""><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;" class=""><b class=""></b></span><br class=""></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 238);" class=""><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; color: rgb(153, 15, 61); -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(153, 15, 61); font-size: 12px;" class=""><<<a href="https://www.ft.com/content/2d9490f2-1291-11e8-a765-993b2440bd73" class=""><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 238);" class="">https://www.ft.com/content/2d9490f2-1291-11e8-a765-993b2440bd73</span></a>>></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(153, 15, 61); -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(153, 15, 61); min-height: 17px;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12px;" class=""><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;" class=""></span><br class=""></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(153, 15, 61); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-size: 12px;" class=""><b class="">1st 2 sentences</b></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(153, 15, 61); -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(153, 15, 61); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); min-height: 17px;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12px;" class=""><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;" class=""></span><br class=""></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(51, 48, 46); -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(51, 48, 46); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-size: 12px;" class="">“Carbon pricing is a good idea whose time has not yet come. But it has to do so.”</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(51, 48, 46); -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(51, 48, 46); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); min-height: 17px;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12px;" class=""><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;" class=""></span><br class=""></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(51, 48, 46); -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(51, 48, 46); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-size: 12px;" class=""><b class="">Closing 2 sentences</b></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(51, 48, 46); -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(51, 48, 46); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); min-height: 17px;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12px;" class=""><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;" class=""></span><br class=""></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class=""><span style="font-size: 12px;" class=""><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; color: rgb(51, 48, 46); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(51, 48, 46);" class="">“</span><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;" class="">The chances are high that the effort will fail. 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