Our climate change debate engendered a lively conversation among readers that pushed the original essays well beyond their starting points. One side advocated a carbon tax (argued by Gregg Easterbrook), while the other side proposed a cap-and-trade plan (argued by Carter Bales and Rick Duke.) Community response provides a nuanced look at the issue, revealing far more facets than our starting points uncovered. In his defense of the carbon tax, for example, Easterbrook makes the case that a tax is simpler and less prone to gaming by lobbyists, legislators, and the market players. Many readers pushed back:
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