http://carbontax.wrkng.net/blogarchives/2007/01/20/the-races-will-go-on-with-imported-snow/ Getting real about stopping climate change Wed, 07 Jan 2009 13:31:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1 http://carbontax.wrkng.net/blogarchives/2007/01/20/the-races-will-go-on-with-imported-snow/#comment-6 Nick Sat, 20 Jan 2007 19:31:49 +0000 http://carbontax.wrkng.net/blogarchives/2007/01/20/the-races-will-go-on-with-imported-snow/#comment-6 Maybe the skiers should refuse to race. Become the shock troops for SACC -- Skiers Against Climate Change.<br /> Maybe the skiers should refuse to race. Become the shock troops for SACC – Skiers Against Climate Change.

]]> http://carbontax.wrkng.net/blogarchives/2007/01/20/the-races-will-go-on-with-imported-snow/#comment-7 ddartley Mon, 22 Jan 2007 21:42:13 +0000 http://carbontax.wrkng.net/blogarchives/2007/01/20/the-races-will-go-on-with-imported-snow/#comment-7 Somebody, quick--turn on the AC!! Somebody, quick–turn on the AC!!

]]> http://carbontax.wrkng.net/blogarchives/2007/01/20/the-races-will-go-on-with-imported-snow/#comment-8 freeheelflyer Tue, 23 Jan 2007 02:33:13 +0000 http://carbontax.wrkng.net/blogarchives/2007/01/20/the-races-will-go-on-with-imported-snow/#comment-8 And I thought it was only the americans that wasted fuel!  Your carbon tax would halt this foolishness, no doubt, but then it may also cause the demise of the entire modern ski industry.  Ski Resorts use massive quantities of electricity, most of which is generated by burning fossil fuels.  Skiers themselves are relient on cheap fuel to get to the mountains, via planes and automobiles, from the far away cities in which they live.  The pricing models you project for carbon tax adjusted fuel would make skiing cost prohibitive to all but the very rich.  The travel industry, too, would face drastic shrinkage, job loss and might well impoverish far-flung locales fattened on past excess, such as Jamaica, which would slide back to its past role as third world slum.  On the bright side, the Catskills would reclaim their glory as New York City's top summer escape, and trees would reclaim the former ski slopes, adding precious oxygen to our carbon saturated atmosphere...  And I thought it was only the americans that wasted fuel! 
Your carbon tax would halt this foolishness, no doubt, but then it may also cause the demise of the entire modern ski industry.  Ski Resorts use massive quantities of electricity, most of which is generated by burning fossil fuels.  Skiers themselves are relient on cheap fuel to get to the mountains, via planes and automobiles, from the far away cities in which they live.  The pricing models you project for carbon tax adjusted fuel would make skiing cost prohibitive to all but the very rich.  The travel industry, too, would face drastic shrinkage, job loss and might well impoverish far-flung locales fattened on past excess, such as Jamaica, which would slide back to its past role as third world slum. 
On the bright side, the Catskills would reclaim their glory as New York City’s top summer escape, and trees would reclaim the former ski slopes, adding precious oxygen to our carbon saturated atmosphere… 

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