If you really want to start discussing this, copy-paste the points with credentials and make another thread, or ask me to make one. I don't want to entirely off-topic this thread as I truly enjoy watching the silence indicating lack of proper counter-arguments by the libertarians.
Um... What? I was applauding you until you came out with this, and I'd just like to point out that prior to the AGW tangent, the last comment was:
Shutting down coal power plants and instating carbon tariffs doesn't require "shooting people".
And what happens if the owners of the coal plants or those you would like to charge the carbon tariffs to say 'No'?
I wonder if he'll ever answer the question.
I highly doubt it. And am sure he will not acknowledge that govt is the main driver of CO2 emissions because of it's subsidizing fossil fuels and inefficient transport. Or that the single biggest polluting entity in the world is the US Military.