A Carbon Fee and Dividend Solution for Safe Energy

The commentator in “Pity the Poor Streamers” (8/28/13), writes: “…we need renewable energy. But we also need oil, natural gas – and, yes, coal – if we are to meet future energy demands.”

“Streamers” refers to birds who are incinerated by super-heated air surrounding solar arrays in California-Nevada.

I love birds and hate for them to die like this. But, free-ranging domestic cats are estimated to kill 1.4 to 3.7 billion birds annually. And fossil fuels are responsible for far more bird fatalities than solar or wind.

Burning fossil fuels also contributes to four of the five leading causes of de...