There are many social costs associated with fossil fuel consumption including green house gas emission, pollution, and future health risks. Who should pay those costs? our grandparents - they are the ones who did this to us the utilities - they are the ones who choose to burn fossil fuels the oil and gas companies - they are the ones extracting the fossil fuels us - let's institute a carbon tax and start paying to fix this our grandchildren - they are the ones who will have to live with the challenges of the 22nd century