In order for the Greek government to have more effective emission-reducing results, it should increase the share of energy consumption produced from renewable resources at least up to 27% by 2020.
Thus, instead of expanding emission control area far to the ocean, it is more effective to control emissions along the coastline to secure the best air quality and lower the health impacts.
Some opponents of I-732 say a cap-and-trade program, similar to the one in California, would be more effective at reducing emissions because it places a firm cap on emissions, rather than relying on pressure from a tax.
Like many economists and environmentalists, he argues that the carbon tax would be more effective at reducing emissions because it is simpler, more transparent, easier to enforce and less vulnerable to accounting tricks and political favoritism.
The fuel-switching option could significantly reduce the amount of GHG emissions in a relatively short time frame, albeit it will be limited by its supply resources, whereas the energy efficiency option is more effective for GHG emissions mitigation in the long term.
Simply abandoning beef, or merely eating less of it, could be more effective at curbing emissions than driving less often.
Yet this tax change would be far more effective at reducing emissions as, for example, higher fossil fuel prices penalize firms using carbon-intensive fuels and driving.
Realistically, emission reductions from cookstoves could be lower depending on stove adoption and use; however, other stove technologies may also be more effective at lowering emissions.
12 Instead, Lomborg advocates for massive investments in green technology citing research by McGill University's Chris Green, 13 he says this could produce more cost-effective emission reductions later, with $1 invested saving around $11 in future climate change damage.
Characterization of both direct and indirect energy use and emissions is critical to the design of more effective energy and CO2 emission policies.
