MAINE SUNDAY TELEGRAM • December 18, 2022
The news about the breakthrough in nuclear fusion technology is great, and it’s always nice to see good news about the climate. However, it seems many have the impression that fusion is imminent and poised to solve all our energy – and, therefore, climate – problems some time next week. In fact, it will be decades, far too long to be our climate silver bullet. According to climate solutions modeling, one of the most effective measures that can be taken is to institute a national system of charging a carbon pollution fee to fossil fuel producers based on the CO2 to be emitted when their products are burned. While we’re waiting for fusion to supply clean energy, we can get to work on cutting the carbon emissions from the dirty stuff. ~ Cynthia Stancioff, Chesterville