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In which I try to help Bob Murphy clear the air on climate proposals by the Niskanen Center

I left this comment at Bob Murphy’s Free Advice blog, where he has post noting A Critique of Jerry Taylor’s “Conservative Case for a Carbon Tax”, which links to a piece authored by Bob at the “Institute for Energy Research”. [Note: I’m not sure when/if Bob will actually clear this comment.]

Bob, I know that as senior economist for the Institute for Energy Research DC fossil fuels lobbying outfit (one that was expressly abandoned by Exxon in 2008 because its “position on climate change could divert attention from the important discussion about how the world will secure the energy required for economic growth in an environmentally responsible manner”) you’re not allowed to make consistent libertarian/market-principled arguments on climate/energy policy, so allow me to note my old post that summarized what I thought might be a productive libertarian approach to climate:

http://tokyotom.freecapitalists.org/2010/02/10/productive-libertarian-approach-climate-energy-environmental-issues/

Btw, I see that Jerry Taylor/Niskanen Center has responded to you here:
http://niskanencenter.org/blog/debating-the-carbon-tax/

Yours,

Tom

P.S. Here are a few of my old blog posts on IER, from when my blog was still hosted at the gracious Mises Institute: http://tokyotom.freecapitalists.org/?s=Institute+for+Energy+Research

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