Greenhouse Gas Reduction
There are many technologies around for Greenhouse Gas Reduction. Many of these have already been deployed, but most still have a long way to go. I'm sure I have missed a few. The brackets show how I would promote them.
- Power Grid
- Wind Generation [tax rebates, capital gains incentives]
- Solar Generation [tax rebates, capital gains incentives]
- Hydro [tax rebates, capital gains incentives]
- Battery Storage [tax rebates, capital gains incentives, direct investment]
- Smart Grid [tax rebates]
- Grid Capacity Improvements [tax rebates, capital gains incentives, direct investment]
- Transportation
- Electric Vehicles [increase and extend tax rebates]
- Make public transportation more robust and user friendly [direct investment]
- Ride sharing [tax rebates, traffic priority]
- Biofuel [tax rebates, capital gains incentives, direct investment]
- Buildings
- Improve weatherization [tax rebates]
- Encourage more efficient heating and air conditioning [tax rebates, capital gains incentives]
- Investigate practical heat pump designs for cold climates [tax rebates, capital gains incentives, direct investment]
- Passive Solar for new buildings [tax rebates, capital gains incentives]
- Solar Hot Water Heating [tax rebates]
- Agriculture
- Electrification of machinery [tax rebates, capital gains incentives, direct investment]
- Capture methane from waste and use it to generate power [tax rebates, capital gains incentives, direct investment]
- Encourage people to eat less meat [public service announcements]
The basic idea is to
- Use tax rebates for existing technology that just needs to be rolled out.
- Use capital gains where more research needs to be done or where significant capital is needed.
- Use direct investment for things that are inherently public functions or where new technology is needed.