Curbing emissions: Pressures, problems
- American Petroleum Institute in Washington, DC (United States)
{open_quotes}Countries with growing populations...would have to implement more rigorous - some might say onerous - programs to control emissions than countries without growing populations,{close_quotes} says Russell O. Jones, an economist at the American Petroleum Institute in Washington, D.C. Theoretically, there are two approaches to achieving reductions in greenhouse gases: to introduce energy-saving technologies or to impose heavy taxes on coal, oil, and natural gas. {open_quotes}It appears that aggressive policies aimed at significantly reducing carbon-dioxide emissions in the short term will cost much more than they save,{close_quotes} Russell says. Moreover, it is not yet clear exactly what policies will prove most effective, Russell says. For all these reasons, he urges that developed countries avoid repeating {open_quotes}the costly efforts of the past, which have drained our economics without appreciably benefiting our environment.{close_quotes}
- OSTI ID:
- 457142
- Journal Information:
- Forum for Applied Research and Public Policy, Vol. 11, Issue 2; Other Information: PBD: Sum 1996
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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