That ship has sailed, I think. Or does he reappear in the new season?

Well, that certainly is the exemplar of... something.

He’s Republican, so the definition of “straight” depends on if anyone is looking or not.

covfefe

“Solutions that suck for everyone!”

I agree that that is the problem, as it is with any good policy.

They should be objective. Trump is objectively awful.

The tax could start small, then ramp up as businesses and individuals begin to adapt to the new economic conditions it imposes. Of course industry would be impacted. Adaptation to a lower carbon economy is the whole point of a carbon tax. And, yes, everyone would face some minor hardships. Taking shorter showers,…

Well, I said I thought it would be a good policy. I never said I thought it would happen!

That Gore Vidal biopic still needs to be made, tho.

When Anthony Hopkins played Nixon, he somehow made himself look like Nixon, which he doesn’t, without makeup.

If it ever reached that point, where rich people on average had smaller carbon footprints, the policy could be supplemented by energy efficiency grants, extension of public transit systems to rural areas, and so forth. No policy goal requires overburdening the poor.

“those were alllll different from what J Edgar Mrs. Clive Tolson was up to.”

Republicans should love it, but they won’t, because it goes against their claim that climate change is not a problem that needs to be addressed through carbon emissions reductions.

My favourite proposal is a revenue neutral-carbon tax in which all the funds collected are re-dispersed equally to everyone with a Social Security number. Thus, if you have a smaller than average carbon footprint, the people with a bigger one pay you. As everyone conserves, the average falls, so people have to…

You’re not. Kinja screws up all on its own. It’s just weird that way.

Needs an exclamation point.

I believe the rationale, twisted as it was, for these laws was that if two kids knocked each other up, they could get married so that the baby would be “legitimate”.

And furthermore, North America has significant populations that live in far-flung, low-population-density areas, where establishment of fast-charging infrastructure will be very costly relative to its use. These people will be better off with a moderate-range PHEV that can get them to the nearest town for necessities…

Sure, in Texas. But not so much in the rust belt, where cars tended to... dissolve. My family bought cars new and kept them as long as possible, but by the mid eighties our cars were a ‘77 Chevy van and an ‘81 Rabbit. The cars we bought in ‘63, ‘69, and ‘74 were long ago sold for scrap, and the van was about to be.