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ing efficiency and shifts to more benign alternatives. Either a cap-and-trade system or a carbon tax can do that job.
The commission endorsed a federal cap-andtrade program for electricity generation, but stopped short of mandating limits on emissions or a halt to new coal-fired power plants. Politicians are very reluctant to impose change on voters. Excluding the minority of citizens who believe — for whatever reasons — that no significant threat exists (none of the 40 commissioners took that position), the reasons for inaction are some mix of the following:
• Change has immediate costs, but delayed benefits
• Many Virginians do not understand complex climate science, and effects of climate change are not yet apparent. None welcome the effect energy changes will
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