Hi Thomas

Thanks. I like talking about ideas for action.

Some qs:

1) Who specifically (what entity) do you tax? Do you, for example, tax all oil imports? Coal at the extraction source? Who is taxed?

2) Who collects it and how is it collected?

3) Who spends it?

4) And what do they spend it on?

5) So, is it like a sales tax? So, it's adding on to the sales tax?

6) What about multinational corporations? How do you deal with them?

7) Does this tax apply nationally? So, for eg., oil imports to the US would be taxed higher than imports, say, to Mexico? (i.e., do all gov'ts have to do this for it to work?)

So, does an industry (plastics?) go to Mexico to buy oil, then?

Below are some things that seem necessary/beneficial to me. I don't know if these translate into policy, but I'd welcome your feedback and comments.

A public statement of international intentions to work together in the face of "peak" and GCC. This includes some agreements on technology-sharing. ODP (can we discuss this?)

"True" renewable (wind/solar) installation ASAP, in a distributed-energy system, (combination of grid and local production) specifically with priorities, starting with water purification and transport.

Immediate conservation measures, including enforcing the 65 mph speed limit.

Immediate halt to all highway expansion and farmland loss.

Immediate policies to convert farmland to sustainable/organic farming, along with program funding education of young farmers WRT same.

Population and birth rate - support for full legal rights of women and children, and a cultural move on the part of men to support same. (i.e., visible efforts to stop rape, child abuse, etc.) Not sufficient, but necessary. Nothing else can work if these measures are not in place. BC technology is meaningless if women's rights are restricted.

etc. (urban rail, fix Amtrak, etc.)

Just some thoughts.