If you were put in a position of power to create legislation to deal with climate change what would be at the top of your list? (not asking in a snarky or gotcha question type way)
I appreciate the question, but....
I know message boarders like to play arm chair expert, but that's just not my bag, man. It takes years of expertise and training to even begin to understand, let alone propose, a viable mix of climate solutions in a legislative, engineering, economic, and scientific context. Multi-disciplinary levels of expertise far beyond my day to day skill set.
It certainly has to involve some mix of carbon source control, carbon sinks, regulatory structures, as well as free market solutions, tax policy incentives, research and development, and coordination at the international level with partner countries. And lets be honest, there has to be a series of well thought out adaptation strategies, because we have delayed for so long we are, in fact, on a collision course to have to deal with the ramifications of a rapidly changing global climate.
It is a level of sophistication and complexity that I fully admit I am not an expert in, and have no intention of playing an expert on a message board.
I just want people from all sides of the aisle, liberal and conservative, to not only accept that this is one of the great moral and environmental challenges of our generation, but to think creatively on how to implement climate solutions and adaptation. If you can convince some of your global warming denying cohorts that this is one of the pre-eminent challenges of our generation, then I would be happy to hear some free market climate solutions.
