A massive new Apollo project? Massive subsidies for renewable technologies? Thousands of more nuclear plants?

Wrong.

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It’s much simpler than that. This article from Reason succinctly states what most economists agree on:

… eliminate all energy subsidies, set a price for carbon, and then let tens of thousands of energy researchers and entrepreneurs develop and test various new technologies in the market.

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Read the rest of the article for more details; it’s sobering and should help to focus our energies (no pun intended).