Your IPers may be interested in new cap and dividend legislation in US Congress

[Dave Farber <dave () farber net>]

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> From: "Bill St. Arnaud" <bill.st.arnaud () gmail com>
> Date: February 10, 2010 9:22:01 AM EST
> To: dave () farber net
> Subject: Your IPers may be interested in new cap and dividend  
> legislation in US Congress

> Dave:
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> As you may have heard in today’s news  Democratic Senator Maria Cant 
> well of the state of Washington, has tabled a bill  for a “cap-and-d 
> ividend” system, whereby an annual cap would be placed on emissions  
> from coal, oil and natural gas sources but the bulk of the revenue f 
> rom the carbon auctions would be returned directly to consumers to c 
> ompensate them – and, in some cases, to overcompensate them – for  
> the higher prices that fuel companies would pass on after buying the 
>  polluting credits.
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> I have long argued for a program similar to cap and dividend where  
> the money from  a cap and trade system or carbon taxes is returned  
> directly to consumers. However I have advocated that we use carbon  
> rewards where instead of simply returning money  to consumers we  
> create a virtuous circle where the consumer is rewarded with   
> virtual products and services delivered over the Internet and for  
> deployment of next generation broadband.
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> Governments around the world are wrestling with the challenge of how  
> to reduce carbon dioxide emissions. The current preferred approaches  
> are to impose “carbon” taxes and implement various forms of cap  
> and trade or carbon offset systems. However another approach to help 
>  reduce carbon emission is to “reward” those who reduce their  
> carbon footprint. It is estimated that consumers control or influenc 
> e over 60% of all CO2 emissions. As such, one possible reward system 
>  of trading “bits and bandwidth for carbon”, or sometimes called  
> "gCommerce" is to provide homeowners with free fiber to the home or  
> free wireless products and other electronic services such as ebooks  
> and eMovies if they agree to pay a premium on their energy consumpti 
> on which will encourage them to reduce emissions by turning down the 
>  thermostat or using public transportation. Not only does the consum 
> er benefit, but this business model also provides new revenue opport 
> unities for network operators, optical equipment manufacturers, and  
> eCommerce application providers.
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> For more details please see http://green-broadband.blogspot.com
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> email:    Bill.St.Arnaud () gmail com
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> twitter:  BillStArnaud
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