Bill Paul

Carbon regulation to change all aspects of life

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“The average American has no clue what is about to hit them. Neither does the average investor. The magnitude of the life changes we’re about to see is simply incredible.” This is how Catherine Elder, an energy expert at noted consultancy R.W. Beck, describes what will be the impact of a federally-imposed system to regulate the U.S.’s carbon dioxide emissions.

Patriotism

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We are facing a deep crisis – our economy is simply falling apart, while our ecology and the underlying source of our economic power – our energy supply – is threatened. And Obama is coming to us, like Lincoln, like Roosevelt, at a moment in which the easy solutions to these crises are no longer possible.

The Last Recession? Or Our Best Opportunity for Hope?

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As the drama of the bursting bubble of Wall St. gives way to a slower, but steady and painful, economic decline, the first and most important question we should ask is “Should we try to blow another bubble, or should we reject bubble culture values for something entirely different?”