peterike,

I have a question for Lazar, that I think will be telling. Ok Lazar, let’s grant you the entire argument. CO2 is the culprit. AGW is a real and present danger. What would you have us do?

You’re asking someone who is not a policy person to speak out of their depth… be that as it may…

I want policy. I want specific governmental, regulatory actions. I’m making you the AGW Czar, starting today. What are your first actions?

What I would actually do; ask policy guys, economists, energy advisors, industry, and engineers. But that’s not the answer you want, so, since you insist, with aforementioned caveat that my knowledge is *inadequate*; I’d spend around 1% of GDP on replacing fossil fuels, nationwide cap and trade, *no* offsets, replace all existing fossil capacity with 80-90% nuclear and 10-20% renewables, fund battery technology, forge agreements with willing nations, tax imports and apply diplomatic pressure on others, hope for the best.

That was painful.

Suffice?

Speak, or forever hold your peace.

An unacceptable condition