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Article: Climate code red: the case for emergency action: war time style rationing is one of the solutions proposed for slashing our carbon emissions, in a new book calling for the most radical transformation of the economy and society since the Industrial Revolution. We've only got 10 years to do it--but it's possible. Alexandra De Blas spoke with the authors.
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- August 1, 2008
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Imagine swiping your smart card to register your carbon ration every time you fuel up at the bowser. Your personal carbon allowance--which gets debited when you pay for carbon-based services or goods--would be granted annually and its value would decline every year. That strict, citizen-account approach to emissions cutting is being advocated by Climate Code Red: The Case for Emergency Action, just published in July.
Co-author Phillip Sutton says, 'the planet is already too hot. We reached a dangerous level of climate change at least two decades ago and the challenge now is to stop releasing new emissions, pull excess carbon out of the atmosphere and take steps ...