Experiment with capturing carbon.
[F] Huge untapped reserves of natural gas and oil make it unlikely that the U. S. will transition away from fossil fuels in the immediate future. Instead, said Wallace Broecker, geology professor at Columbia Universitys Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, we should attack the atmospheres carbon surplus directly. Obama could make available funds to build and test prototype air capture units to capture and store CO2, said Broecker. Removing some carbon from the atmosphere could buy valuable time as policy makers and scientists explore more permanent solutions.
Grow government research for new energy sources.
[G] The Department of Energy has a nimble program thats tasked with innovative energy researchthe Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy. The ARPA-E funds research in biofuels, transmission,and battery storage, with an annual budget of $ 275 million. Last year, DOE officials requested at least $ 75 million more. Increasing funding for ARPA-E, said Rare Pomerance, former deputy assistant secretary of state for environment and development and currently an environmental consultant, you get new technologies that undercut coal, oil, and gas. Plus, he said, yon get a competitive advantage if American researchers uncover the next big idea in new energy.
Tax carbon.
[H] Congress would have to agree, but many climate experts say that the most meaningful way to tackle emissions is to set a price on carbon. We should be asking people to pay the cost of putting carbon into the atmosphere as they buy the fuel, said Josh Willis, climate scientist and oceanographer at NASAs Jet Propulsion Laboratory. To gain political support for the idea, Obama would probably have to show that the tax wonld help accelerate technology, grow new industries, and pay down the deficit.
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