Tuesday, August 10, 2010

Talking Energy Innovation at the Daily Dish


40 billion for clean tech at 12 cents per gallon? Yeah, why not?

Seemingly inspired by the death of cap and trade, over at the Daily Dish Andrew Sullivan has tied together two interesting threads of conversation -- "Waiting on Innovation" and "Why Not?" -- that deal with the issues of energy innovation and energy taxes.

Highlighted in "Why Not?" the Economist's Ryan Avent is on to something when he suggests a $5 per barrel petroleum tax since it could generate about $40 billion in revenue annually.

See full Article.