[madelyn-goodman]

I completely agree that this is a necessary strategy to fight climate change. I still fail to see, however, that this alone will be able to undo/counteract the effects that giant corporations that extract fossil fuels and pollute our atmosphere have on the environment.

I feel like this goes for so many issues as well. Sure, we can fight cholera in developing countries by providing clean water sources and administering vaccines, but we can also do so by providing universal education and economic opportunity. There is no one solution to these large problems.

[ddebernardy]

Per the linked article, the problem is misdiagnosed. Forestry research shows that a) patches of tree stumps emit on the order of 10 tons of CO2 per acre, and b) these emissions go away when loggers thin forests instead of clearing them. Why are we not hearing about such huge yet trivially avoidable emissions? They are an order of magnitude larger than fossil fuels.

There are plenty of good reasons to not like fossil fuels, mind you. But the carbon hockey stick is not one of them.