Respectfully Written by Brennan Dwyer
Introduction and Problem:
Despite constant awareness being given towards politicians and the general population on the harmful effects of adding fossil fuels to the atmosphere and the immediate and future disastrous effects on our social and economic wellbeing as a result of it, there has been little action by certain politicians and countries to reduce their fossil fuel emissions.
It is suggested by this proposal that in order for there to be immediate action to reduce fossil fuel emissions by politicians and countries not fully on board with taking action against climate change, that a bipartisanship compromise should be proposed that will get everyone on board, including those that don’t see reducing fossil fuel emissions as a top priority. This bipartisan compromise is intended to get everyone on board by acting as a more business friendly and bipartisan way of reducing the fossil fuels being added to the atmosphere. It is in the respectful opinion of this proposal that there may be the grim reality of continuing to have little action being taken towards fighting climate change despite all the hard efforts of trying to get everyone on board, unless if there is some sort of bipartisan compromise that can be realistically agreed upon by all politicians, at least as of the current state of political divisiveness. This is not to discount or discourage awareness, scientific facts, and research from continuing, as they are very essential and are meant to benefit the greater good of society, and they should certainly be continued to be pursued.
The intended audience of this proposal includes but is not limited to the general population of the United States of America and the world, politicians of the United States and the world from all political viewpoints and parties, key global organizations such as the United Nations, political and global leaders from all across the world, and even different business executives and non-profit leaders from all sectors from the United States and the world.
Proposed Solution:
It is proposed towards the intended audience of this proposal that the suggested bipartisan compromise written by this proposal or one similar or inspired by this proposal is implemented and suggested towards countries and politicians that have not taken enough action to reduce the level of fossil fuels being added to the atmosphere. This suggested bipartisan compromise is listed below in the following bullet points.
- To have a certain amount of a tax credit given towards businesses that reduce their fossils fuel emissions by a certain amount or by being lower than their competitor’s fossil fuel emissions. This could act as a positive incentive for businesses to reduce their fossil fuels, and hopefully encourage innovation. For the businesses that don’t already pay any taxes, then a carbon grant (subsidy) can be given to them if they reduce C02 emissions.
- To encourage businesses to pursue large innovative projects that would allow them to minimalize emissions of fossil fuels into the atmosphere by reimbursing or compensating businesses that chose to pursue these large projects. The reimbursements or compensation would act as a positive incentive as well as to make up for the burden of the potential short-term costs of pursuing these projects. Perhaps even awards or loosening of certain regulations on companies that pursue those projects could be included as well. These large projects could be brainstormed and proposed by different organizations or the government, even or potentially from inside the business itself, with the knowingness of hopefully being able to be reimbursed or compensated by the government by pursuing the large project. The large projects can also be more attractive for businesses by showing them a range of possibilities of how much it can cut costs or increase revenue for them in the long run. Those calculations could be done by different organizations or the government.
- To have a fossil fuel tax that can recover all, or at least some of the lost revenue of the government as a result of what is stated on the previous two bullet points. Not only can this help make up for some of the lost revenue as just stated before, but can also potentially encourage certain businesses to not emit such high levels of fossil fuels into the atmosphere. The level of the fossil fuel tax should be reasonably agreed upon and discussed by the politicians in power from different viewpoints or parties within a country, to assure that it is a compromise that can be successfully passed and implemented into the country’s legislation, as soon as possible.
The bipartisan compromise just listed in bullet points is specifically intended to be attractive not only towards those that see climate change as a dire scientific reality, but also among those that are more fiscally or social conservative that may need the business-friendly incentives in order to be willing to pass legislation that would reduce the fossil fuel emissions.
Conclusion:
In summary, it is in the opinion of this proposal that likely the only way to quickly lower fossil fuel admissions in the atmosphere in order to successfully or at least partially fight climate change, is to have bipartisanship within the countries that aren’t as willing to reduce their fossil fuel levels. In a perfect world, everyone could easily take the facts given to them regarding the current and potential catastrophes regarding climate change and implement policies that would quickly reduce the fossil fuel emissions. However, considering that our current society is very politically divisive and not all politicians are as welling to make it a high priority to battle climate change, there likely needs to be a bipartisan compromise amongst politicians so that action can finally be taken to combat climate change. A flexible but detailed suggested bipartisan compromise for countries that aren’t already making enough of an effort to battle climate change was given in the previous section of this proposal.
It is kindly requested by this proposal that the reader informs others about this proposal and what it proposes, so that it can eventually be read by enough members of the intended audience so that action can finally be taken to fight against climate change. Climate change is scientifically proven to be a fact, and hopefully bipartisanship can be the plan of action that will finally make change happen that can benefit the current, and future generations of humanity.
Contact and general information regarding Brennan Dwyer, whom is the author of this proposal:
Email: brennandwy@gmail.com
LinkedIn Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brennan-dwyer-08b58487/
Previous papers written can be found at: https://independent.academia.edu/DwyerBrennan
or https://econteenblog.wordpress.com/
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