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http://belfercenter.ksg.harvard.edu/analysis/stavins/?p=323  ===[|Can Countries Cut Carbon Emissions Without Hurting Economic Growth?]  This is a perfect article for the type of engineering i want to go into. My engineering idea is basically wanting to become a Green Engineer. This article is perfect because it questions whether it is economically possible to even reduce the carbon emission throughout the world without creating a devastated economy and then gives ways that it could be achieved. This article is important in my case because it shows the true calling for green technology which equals great job opportunities for new engineers (aka. me) It said that the world would try to reduce the amount of carbon emissions back to the amount in 2005 by the year 2050. This in itself is incredible because it shows the stability of a possible 50 plus years of incredible job opportunity in this field. Besides the fact it shows great opportunity for my future, it also tells a lot about would would happen if the gases weren't reduced. Such problems are too long to list however it is safe to say the world would drastically change from the way we now know it. This includes the atmosphere, environment and all living things. One of the main idea's behind the article was to determine if it was actually possible to do it without hurting the economy. The answer to the problem is yes, however things become very difficult when the solution becomes a lot more expensive than the problem. One way to fix this is called a combination of national and multinational cap- and -trade systems. This essentially would allow countries to pay for the amount of carbon emission they could produce each year. In addition, the countries would be able to buy more emission or would actually be able to sell there emissions to other countries making more capital for themselves. Furthermore, similar to the way farmers get subsidized by the government for the number of acres they grow of trees, countries would be allowed to produce more carbon emission if they are to plant a certain amount of trees each year. Basically the idea behind this article is just scratching the surface of what to come in the next 50 to 100 years for the green engineering field. ===