{"id":418716,"date":"2025-12-26T19:30:40","date_gmt":"2025-12-26T18:30:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=418716"},"modified":"2025-12-26T19:30:54","modified_gmt":"2025-12-26T18:30:54","slug":"study-we-need-a-big-stick-to-force-down-carbon-emissions-by-2050","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=418716","title":{"rendered":"Study: \u201cWe need a big stick\u201d to Force Down Carbon Emissions by 2050"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"482\" data-attachment-id=\"418720\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=418720\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/0AQNz-3v_GUn7bhBqsq0byriNLYF6ycCo45QH7ELe2ZWCrgWn-ySePgmhDfB21nb3nn7qfa_7RgBKE8ObxFA7LNI8u44gTkbN1qUhL2K-YkoWfCG0psr_sRcVRJf8wA.jpeg?fit=1080%2C720&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1080,720\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"0AQNz-3v_GUn7bhBqsq0byriNLYF6ycCo45QH7ELe2ZWCrgWn-ySePgmhDfB21nb3nn7qfa_7RgBKE8ObxFA7LNI8u44gTkbN1qUhL2K-YkoWfCG0psr_sRcVRJf8wA\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/0AQNz-3v_GUn7bhBqsq0byriNLYF6ycCo45QH7ELe2ZWCrgWn-ySePgmhDfB21nb3nn7qfa_7RgBKE8ObxFA7LNI8u44gTkbN1qUhL2K-YkoWfCG0psr_sRcVRJf8wA.jpeg?fit=723%2C482&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/0AQNz-3v_GUn7bhBqsq0byriNLYF6ycCo45QH7ELe2ZWCrgWn-ySePgmhDfB21nb3nn7qfa_7RgBKE8ObxFA7LNI8u44gTkbN1qUhL2K-YkoWfCG0psr_sRcVRJf8wA.jpeg?resize=723%2C482&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Three young people running in a grassy field, looking frightened, while a cartoonish, smiling CO2 character chases them.\" class=\"wp-image-418720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/0AQNz-3v_GUn7bhBqsq0byriNLYF6ycCo45QH7ELe2ZWCrgWn-ySePgmhDfB21nb3nn7qfa_7RgBKE8ObxFA7LNI8u44gTkbN1qUhL2K-YkoWfCG0psr_sRcVRJf8wA.jpeg?resize=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/0AQNz-3v_GUn7bhBqsq0byriNLYF6ycCo45QH7ELe2ZWCrgWn-ySePgmhDfB21nb3nn7qfa_7RgBKE8ObxFA7LNI8u44gTkbN1qUhL2K-YkoWfCG0psr_sRcVRJf8wA.jpeg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/0AQNz-3v_GUn7bhBqsq0byriNLYF6ycCo45QH7ELe2ZWCrgWn-ySePgmhDfB21nb3nn7qfa_7RgBKE8ObxFA7LNI8u44gTkbN1qUhL2K-YkoWfCG0psr_sRcVRJf8wA.jpeg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/0AQNz-3v_GUn7bhBqsq0byriNLYF6ycCo45QH7ELe2ZWCrgWn-ySePgmhDfB21nb3nn7qfa_7RgBKE8ObxFA7LNI8u44gTkbN1qUhL2K-YkoWfCG0psr_sRcVRJf8wA.jpeg?resize=640%2C427&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/0AQNz-3v_GUn7bhBqsq0byriNLYF6ycCo45QH7ELe2ZWCrgWn-ySePgmhDfB21nb3nn7qfa_7RgBKE8ObxFA7LNI8u44gTkbN1qUhL2K-YkoWfCG0psr_sRcVRJf8wA.jpeg?w=1080&amp;ssl=1 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/wattsupwiththat.com\/2025\/12\/23\/study-we-need-a-big-stick-to-force-down-carbon-emissions-by-2050\/\">Watts Up With That?<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Essay by<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/wattsupwiththat.com\/author\/eworrall1\/\">Eric Worrall<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Climate scientists embracing their inner eco-fascist?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>\u2018Carrots\u2019 can\u2019t save the climate \u2013 we need a big \u2018stick\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Publicly released:&nbsp;Mon 22 Dec 2025 at 2100 AEDT | Mon 22 Dec 2025 at 2300 NZDT<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Subsidies for green technologies (\u2018carrots\u2019) may help in the short-term, but punishment policies like charging for carbon emissions (\u2018sticks\u2019) are likely needed as well to greatly reduce CO2 emissions by 2050, according to a US study. Researchers used a computer model of the US that included factors like socioeconomics, energy systems and consumer demands to look at the effects of \u2018carrot-first\u2019 policies, in which the \u2018stick\u2019 was introduced in 2035 or in 2045. They found that the size of the \u2018stick\u2019 (i.e. the price of carbon) would have to be just as big, or even bigger, than if only a \u2018stick\u2019 policy was used, without any \u2018carrots\u2019 to sweeten the deal. The researchers said that although \u2018carrot\u2019 policies are more appealing to governments to appease big industries and voters, leaders need to start hitting out with \u2018sticks\u2019 to make sure CO2 emissions dramatically decrease by 2050.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Read more:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scimex.org\/newsfeed\/carrots-cant-save-the-climate-we-need-a-big-stick\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.scimex.org\/newsfeed\/carrots-cant-save-the-climate-we-need-a-big-stick<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The abstract of the study;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Article<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Published:\u00a022 December 2025<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Modelling the impacts of policy sequencing on energy decarbonization<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41558-025-02497-6#auth-Huilin-Luo-Aff1-Aff2\">Huilin Luo<\/a>,\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41558-025-02497-6#auth-Wei-Peng-Aff2\">Wei Peng<\/a>,\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41558-025-02497-6#auth-Allen-Fawcett-Aff3\">Allen Fawcett<\/a>,\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41558-025-02497-6#auth-Jessica_F_-Green-Aff4\">Jessica F. Green<\/a>,\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41558-025-02497-6#auth-Gokul-Iyer-Aff3\">Gokul Iyer<\/a>,\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41558-025-02497-6#auth-Jonas-Meckling-Aff5-Aff6\">Jonas Meckling<\/a>,\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41558-025-02497-6#auth-Jonas-Nahm-Aff7\">Jonas Nahm<\/a>\u00a0&amp;\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41558-025-02497-6#auth-David_G_-Victor-Aff8-Aff9-Aff10\">David G. Victor<\/a>\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/nclimate\"><em>Nature Climate Change<\/em><\/a>&nbsp;(2025)<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41558-025-02497-6#citeas\">Cite this article<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" id=\"Abs1\"><strong>Abstract<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Many political jurisdictions have embraced climate policy strategies that emphasize large subsidies to deploy green technologies (\u2018carrots\u2019) with the anticipation that more punitive policies (\u2018sticks\u2019) may follow. However, little is known about how such policy sequencing affects future policies, emission reductions and costs. Using a multisector model for the USA, we examine carrot-first policies which mimic the increasingly popular interest in industrial policy and offer a way to model these real-world policy choices in energy-system models. We find that a carrot-first policy strategy still requires later use of similar-sized sticks when compared with a policy strategy that begins with sticks and achieves the same levels of long-term decarbonization. Policy carrots alone do not dramatically reduce future emissions. Only with policy sticks are there unambiguous signals to substantially shrink the size of incumbent fossil fuel industries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Read more (paywalled):\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41558-025-02497-6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41558-025-02497-6<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sticks are only required in the context of energy policy if the energy policy doesn\u2019t make sense.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When the world transitioned&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Whale_oil\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">from whale oil to kerosene between 1860 to 1870<\/a>, it was pretty much all over by 1870. No government subsidies or coercion were required, because the energy transition made sense. Whale oil was expensive and smelly, and kerosene was cheap and had a less offensive odour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In addition, sticks can lead to bad outcomes. Whether it be sky high energy prices in green states like California or New York\u2019s unheated school bus horror WUWT recently reported, driving energy use change with coercion forces people into bad situations they wouldn\u2019t choose of their own free will.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-watts-up-with-that wp-block-embed-watts-up-with-that\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"N5ZPoyPIDT\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wattsupwiththat.com\/2025\/12\/21\/new-york-unheated-ev-school-bus-horror\/\">New York Unheated EV School Bus Horror<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;New York Unheated EV School Bus Horror&#8221; &#8212; Watts Up With That?\" src=\"https:\/\/wattsupwiththat.com\/2025\/12\/21\/new-york-unheated-ev-school-bus-horror\/embed\/#?secret=b53k4ek222#?secret=N5ZPoyPIDT\" data-secret=\"N5ZPoyPIDT\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The silver lining to this nastiness is this is the demand for coercion is tantamount to an admission the renewable transition has failed, that green technology is not ready to replace fossil fuel. Ordinary people are rejecting the renewable energy transition on a scale which makes Net Zero goals impossible without the use of coercion and force. Otherwise, desperate greens wouldn\u2019t be advocating depriving people of liberty to make their own choices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Climate scientists embracing their inner eco-fascist?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":121246920,"featured_media":418720,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","_crdt_document":"","advanced_seo_description":"Discover why climate scientists argue that punitive 'stick' policies are essential for drastically reducing CO2 emissions by 2050.","jetpack_seo_html_title":"Carrots vs Sticks: The Debate on Reducing CO2 Emissions","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":true,"token":"eyJpbWciOiJodHRwczpcL1wvY2xpbWF0ZS1zY2llbmNlLnByZXNzXC93cC1jb250ZW50XC91cGxvYWRzXC8yMDI1XC8xMlwvMEFRTnotM3ZfR1VuN2JoQnFzcTBieXJpTkxZRjZ5Y0NvNDVRSDdFTGUyWldDcmdXbi15U2VQZ21oRGZCMjFuYjNubjdxZmFfN1JnQktFOE9ieEZBN0xOSTh1NDRnVGtiTjFxVWhMMkstWWtvV2ZDRzBwc3Jfc1JjVlJKZjh3QS0xMDI0eDY4My5qcGVnIiwidHh0IjoiU3R1ZHk6IFx1MjAxY1dlIG5lZWQgYSBiaWcgc3RpY2tcdTIwMWQgdG8gRm9yY2UgRG93biBDYXJib24gRW1pc3Npb25zIGJ5IDIwNTAiLCJ0ZW1wbGF0ZSI6ImhpZ2h3YXkiLCJmb250IjoiIiwiYmxvZ19pZCI6MTU1ODEyNDQ5fQ.tiGDED8gd6CIi--Ka8JxM1QXg5Gk9x9xfm8F98ctTXUMQ"},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[691829997,691840341,691819680,691840342,691819142,691818618,691840340,691818154],"class_list":{"0":"post-418716","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"hentry","7":"category-uncategorized","8":"tag-carbon-dioxide-co","9":"tag-carbon-emissions-sticks","10":"tag-computer-model","11":"tag-energy-decarbonization","12":"tag-energy-policy","13":"tag-energy-transition","14":"tag-green-technologies-carrots","15":"tag-net-zero","17":"fallback-thumbnail"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/0AQNz-3v_GUn7bhBqsq0byriNLYF6ycCo45QH7ELe2ZWCrgWn-ySePgmhDfB21nb3nn7qfa_7RgBKE8ObxFA7LNI8u44gTkbN1qUhL2K-YkoWfCG0psr_sRcVRJf8wA.jpeg?fit=1080%2C720&ssl=1","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paxLW1-1KVu","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":409000,"url":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=409000","url_meta":{"origin":418716,"position":0},"title":"Claim: Overpopulation Climate Claims are \u201cA Dangerous Lie\u201d, We Just Need Wealth Redistribution","author":"uwe.roland.gross","date":"18\/10\/2025","format":false,"excerpt":"See? 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Their termite cause is losing to consumers who want the best energies in terms of price and reliability; losing with taxpayers who are on the hook for \u2018energy transition\u2019 bribes; losing with the public that is tired of the rhetoric, exaggeration,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In \"activist climate fringe\"","block_context":{"text":"activist climate fringe","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?tag=activist-climate-fringe"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/000Screenshot-2024-10-04-143305-1.png?fit=1200%2C665&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/000Screenshot-2024-10-04-143305-1.png?fit=1200%2C665&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/000Screenshot-2024-10-04-143305-1.png?fit=1200%2C665&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/000Screenshot-2024-10-04-143305-1.png?fit=1200%2C665&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/000Screenshot-2024-10-04-143305-1.png?fit=1200%2C665&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":350682,"url":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=350682","url_meta":{"origin":418716,"position":2},"title":"The Climate Road to Serfdom in One Graph","author":"uwe.roland.gross","date":"09\/11\/2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Dr. Faig S Askerov, (self-described as the Former Regulatory Compliance and Environment Director, BP Azerbaijan, Georgia, and Turkey Region, PhD in Petrochemistry Scientist, Lecturer) has\u00a0presented\u00a0a graph and definitions that can be used as \u201cExhibit A\u201d against the climate road to serfdom. At a time of political change\u00a0against\u00a0climate alarmism\/forced energy transformation,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In \"carbon dioxide (CO2)\"","block_context":{"text":"carbon dioxide (CO2)","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?tag=carbon-dioxide-co2"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/00greennewdeal.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/00greennewdeal.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/00greennewdeal.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/00greennewdeal.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/00greennewdeal.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":382379,"url":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=382379","url_meta":{"origin":418716,"position":3},"title":"Recent Devastating Floods Failed to Convince Climate Skeptic Aussie Farmers","author":"uwe.roland.gross","date":"09\/06\/2025","format":false,"excerpt":"\u201c\u2026 I believe the Australian climate has always been a land of droughts and floods \u2026\u201d","rel":"","context":"In \"Australian climate\"","block_context":{"text":"Australian climate","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?tag=australian-climate"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/428cb5e678da63e8f316391bc0d6116d.jpg?fit=1200%2C695&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/428cb5e678da63e8f316391bc0d6116d.jpg?fit=1200%2C695&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/428cb5e678da63e8f316391bc0d6116d.jpg?fit=1200%2C695&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/428cb5e678da63e8f316391bc0d6116d.jpg?fit=1200%2C695&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/428cb5e678da63e8f316391bc0d6116d.jpg?fit=1200%2C695&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":332189,"url":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=332189","url_meta":{"origin":418716,"position":4},"title":"Legal challenge made over \u2018net zero\u2019 power\u00a0plant","author":"uwe.roland.gross","date":"09\/06\/2024","format":false,"excerpt":"One more reason why the Net Zero Act must be cancelled. The UK\u2019s energy security is far too important to be put at the whim of a judge and an eco-nutjob, who is no doubt funded by far left eco groups. 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