Taylor: We just don't know a lot of key things about climate change. It all depends on the planetary sensitivity
2016 Taylor_A Conversation with Jerry Taylor: The Conservative Case for Acting on Climate
Taylor: 90% of people advocate a modest tax with a strict escalator
Taylor: A recent survey of economists - 50% support drastic action, 43% say some action, 1% not a serious problem
Taylor: Conservative street doesn't like the message, the messengers, or where the policy train is headed
Taylor: Elected Republicans are out of touch with their base on climate change
Taylor: Even if you're unconvinced to act, that decision has been made. The only question is how we'll act
Taylor: Everything we have learned since 1906 is verified by our understanding of basic physics
Taylor: Governments job is to protect your life and liberty - regardless of the cost-benefit test
Taylor: Hayek noted that conservatives tend to reject well developed science and thought
Taylor: If liberals are right that mitigation is cheap, then emissions reductions from a carbon tax should be huge
Taylor: IPCC says a 10% chance by 2100 of 11 degrees. The scientific debate is about the error bars
Taylor: Ironically, conservatives have the best answer to climate change - the power of markets and the invisible hand
Taylor: It's a matter of what issues are in play - conservatives are NOT risk tolerant (look at refugees)
Taylor: Libertarians tend to argue the opposite way in every other policy arena
Taylor: Skeptical scientists don't argue the basic physics of warming. That's not the issue
Taylor: The "conservative street" is utterly disconnected from the science
Taylor: The debate should NOT be about the most likely outcomes - that's not the way we think
Taylor: The high end scenarios (even if low probability) would have cataclysmic outcomes
Taylor: The political right has been very poorly served by the policy of denial
Taylor: There are incredible uncertainties over climate change, but economic futures are even MORE uncertain
Taylor: There is no objective answer to risk tolerance
Taylor: There is NOTHING that will get the job done besides a real price on carbon - regulation can't get there
Taylors: Skeptics want to focus on likely outcomes, not explore the range of possible outcomes
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Taylor: We just don't know a lot of key things about climate change. It all depends on the planetary sensitivity
Climate Sensitivity to GHGs
Under-Estimating Climate Risk