Defunct
The Voluntary Gas Tax project operated from 2001 to 2006. In 2007 we shut down the project. We've left the old web pages posted here just for the historical record.
If you would like to contact me about this site, my e-mail address is posted on my homepage.
Here are links to sites with information related to climate change, transportation issues, and economics. For links to organizations funded by the Voluntary Gas Tax, see the charities page.
- Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
- Reports on climate change.
- Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center
- In depth data about carbon dioxide and climate change.
- Trexler and Associates
- A company working on bringing together buyers and sellers of climate credits.
- Climate Neutral
- A non-profit attempting to brand companies that have reduced their emissions and then paid to mitigate their remaining emissions.
- Examples of estimates of the true cost of driving
- While based on a variety of unclear assumptions, these estimates of the cost of driving when factoring in externalized costs are still eye opening.
- Tips for driving less
- Suggestions for decreasing the amount that you drive.
- A brief description of GORCAM
- The Graz / Oak Ridge Carbon Accounting Model (GORCAM) is a commonly used method of carbon accounting.
- Arithmetic of carbon tax
- A Sustainable Minnesota page explaining the relationship between carbon taxes and energy prices.
- Carfree Cities
- A website describing realistic ways to create car free cities, and reasons why this would be a great thing to do.
- Biofuels and CO2 emissions
- A paper from Oak Ridge National Laboratories about climate change and biofuels.
- Transportation market distortions
- Description of ways in which the transportation market doesn't function properly.
- Optimal price of transportation
- A detailed explanation of ways to improve the economic efficiency of transportation with judicious taxes and appropriate planning.
- Discussion of Greenhouse Gas Reduction Strategies
- A discussion of the economic effectiveness of the reduction of greenhouse gases from a source that is skeptical about the connection between greenhouse gas emissions and climate change.