[MrB]

Title is inverted -

using “Climate Change” as an excuse to tax energy use.

[ameribbean expat]

Little Bubby Rubin needs to write a piece entitled “How Paying Attention To Climate Change Could Line My Pockets (And Save Bill DeBlasio and Chris Christie’s A$$ets!)”.

Sorry but anytime anyone from Wall Street writes about climate change and its impact on the economy, and does not disclose the proposed carbon exchange to be headquartered in NYC, they immediately lose credibility. Not that they had any at first, and especially not Bob Rubin (given his little performance at Citi in the months leading up to the financial crisis— and walking away with over $100m after it was over while others lost everything).

[The Great RJ]

The theory that molecular level changes in CO2 can cause catastrophic climate change is pure bunk. However, by the EPA’s own study reducing US carbon emissions to zero MIGHT reduce temperatures by 0.2 degrees years hence. In the meantime China, India and the developing world will continue to dump tons of CO2 into the atmosphere unabated.