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The Nobel Peace Prize winner, economist, and author of two important books on the economic side of global warming William Nordhaus has shown mathematically that near-universal global participation is necessary to win the global warming fight. #climatechange #globalwarming

The present ways of doing Congress’s business give most members a feeling of being demeaned. Few people control Congress, the agenda, and spending. There is undue emphasis on winning and getting one’s party reelected. Why? Only two (feuding) parties! #congress #politics

The wild swings in ideological philosophy and legislative focus each time one party displaced the other stimulated efforts for the incoming party to undo the previous party’s work. Doesn’t all this sound very familiar? We need more than 2 parties. #congress #politics

“ …America’s system was designed to operate in an environment where most factions would be ephemeral, developing over issues and then dissolving when those issues faded or were somehow resolved.” Most democracies average 3.9 parties, not 2. Real Clear Policy. #congress

Washington in his famous farewell address warned America about “the alternate domination of one faction over another, sharpened by the spirit of revenge, natural to party dissension, which in different ages and countries has perpetrated the most horrid enormities.” #politics

A carbon tax is the best way to reduce carbon emissions at scale and speed. A carbon tax sends a powerful price signal that harnesses the invisible hand of the marketplace to steer consumers and companies towards a low-carbon future. #climatechange #carbontax

The task of gaining true control over GHG emissions is gigantic! The Panama Canal project cost $13.5 billion in 2021 dollars vs Congress spending $519 billion in past two years on climate. A comprehensive professional blueprint is required now! #climatechange #globalwarming

Is polarization originating in Congress or in the populace at large? Well, which came first, the chicken or the egg? It doesn’t matter. One feeds on the other. Electoral methods are the root cause of our two-party war in Congress. #congress #gerrymandering

Small Modular Reactors (SMRs) are being built in Russia and China now. SMR components can be built in factories under controlled conditions with better quality, lower costs, and on-time completion. Needed for the climate change fight. #climatechange #SMR

Electoral methods are important – vitally important! Congress and the two parties created the methods in use now. These methods are responsible for most of congress’s dysfunction. Think gerrymandering. Insist on change. #congress

Ask Congress to form a Commission to create a detailed long-range Pathway to reduce CO2 emissions. Use carbon pricing. Six months, then Congress enacts it. Replaces many fragmented programs and provides a basis for individuals and businesses to plan. #climatechange #CO2

Carbon Pricing can replace most of the various expensive programs that have yet to put the U.S. on a firm pathway to controlling carbon emissions. It will cause everyone to have some skin in the game and to make sound decisions to reduce GHG emissions. #carbontax #CO2

Two parties at each other’s throats. Why? The U.S. has basically two parties while about 20 other important democracies average 3.9. Result: constant rancor. Root cause: electoral methods. Institute Multi-member districts and Ranked Choice voting. #politics #discord

Congress has become dysfunctional due to the warring of its two parties resulting in great damage to its ability to solve America’s domestic and foreign problems. Root cause: electoral methods. Institute Multi-member districts and Ranked Choice voting. #politics #discord

Is our Dysfunctional Congress the primary cause of the long-festering student debt crisis? Are our electoral methods the root cause of Congress’s dysfunctionality? See solveamericangridlock.com. #congress #discord

Read our many posts on the Blog of solveamericangridlock.com, dealing with the root causes of and ways forward for Dysfunctional Congress and Climate Change mitigation. Facebook also. #congress #climatechange

Nuclear energy more in vogue now. Realizing excessive emphasis on replacing fossil fuels with intermittent wind and solar creates energy security anguish (blackouts). Rejuvenate older nuclear plants. Surge of interest in Small Modular Reactors (SMR). #smr #climatechange

A 2019 statement by economists: Phase out of carbon laws and regulations, thereby eliminating many sources of dissatisfaction and poor efficiencies. Use a carbon tax. More certainty to industries for their long-term planning and investment. #globalwarming #carbontax

The Primary system has evolved into one wherein the “winner” often garners a distinct minority of the votes cast in that party’s primary and a much smaller percentage in the general election. #politics #rankedchoicevoting

2019 statement by large number of economists gave these thoughts: There is a need for a carbon tax to urge the marketplace to incentivize us producers of carbon dioxide toward a low-carbon future and to stimulate innovation. #climatechange #carbontax